Dark chocolate and sea salt crackle biscuits
Whip these melt-in-the-mouth cookies up in minutes
SERVES
30
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
30
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
15
MINUTES
Ingredients
125g dark chocolate, broken into small pieces
155g plain flour
65g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp finely ground sea salt
65g butter, softened
190g light brown sugar
1 egg
40ml milk
110g white sugar
110g icing sugar
Method
Preheat your oven to 180°C.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl placed over a saucepan of boiling water. Be careful not to let any steam from the water into the chocolate or it will not melt to the correct consistency. Set it aside to cool down a little.
In the meantime sieve the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt into a bowl and set aside.
Mix the butter and brown sugar in a mixer until pale and fluffy.
Mix in eggs then the melted chocolate. Reduce speed and mix in flour in two batches alternating with the milk.
Wrap the dough in clingfilm and refrigerate until it is firm.
Divide it into about 30 balls about one inch in diameter. Roll in the granulated sugar to coat, then also in icing sugar. Space the balls two inches apart on baking tray lined with baking parchment.
Bake until the surfaces crack, about 15 minutes or so.
