Chocolate Fudge Cookies

With the leftover chocolate chips from my Christmas bakes, I've decided to try out this delicious cookies packed with chocolate.  Chocolate lovers are sure to love them to the last bits.  This recipe is adapted from "Bliss of Baking'" and is a great recipe to bake and enjoy all year round.

Ingredients:

400g semi sweet chocolate (chopped)

50g semi sweet button chocolate (halved)

1/4 cup unsalted butter

275g granulated white sugar

3 large eggs

1/2 cup flour 

1 tbsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Methods:

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl, whisk to combine and set aside.
2. Melt the 400g semi sweet chocolate in a double boiler with butter until smooth, set aside to cool completely at room temperature.
3. Using a stand mixer beat the eggs and granulated white sugar until pale yellow and thick.  Next, add the chocolate butter mixture of (2) into the egg mixture and beat until well incorporated.
4. Fold the dry ingredients of (1) into the chocolate egg mixture and mix using a rubber spatula. Stir in the chocolate chips and the button chocolate.  Cover the prepared mix and keep in the fridge to chill until firm.
5. Preheat oven at 165 degree Celsius and line the baking sheet with parchment paper.  Use an ice-cream scoop or spoon to drop the prepared batter  onto the baking sheet (same quantity for same size cookies), leaving enough space for the cookies to spread.  I only put six cookies in one baking sheet.
6. Bake for 15 minutes at 150 degree Celsius.  When baked the top of the cookies will have cracks and will be shiny.

The baking of this cookies is the effort of my daughter Karen.  I get to do other things during the whole baking process, especially with my portable kitchen top oven.  Well, it is indeed a worthy effort!