So, having parents descend on you at Saturday tea time, and all about you is a little bit of a rush, - Mike was preparing for the Moonwalk - which meant I was having to prepare for a party unescorted (big mistake.....). But if all around you is controlled chaos, shove a plate of chocolate hazelnut cookies, (warm and melted and gooey) on the table and peace descends.
My father - who is very particular about his choice in biscuit, loved them. Holly and Max prefer them in the cookie dough form. I'm not particularly fussy how they are, but I do slightly regret making quite so many.
INGREDIENTS
225g unsalted butter (soft)
225g caster sugar
1 tin (around 200g) condensed milk
350g self raising flour
150g dark chocolate (chopped or buy choc chips)
100g hazlenuts chopped.
Mix the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, stir in the condensed milk. Mix in the flour and then work in the nuts and chocolate. How easy. Divide the dough in half or thirds and roll into thick sausages. Wrap with clingfilm and stick in the fridge for about an hour (this makes it easier to cut into cookies before cooking). They can also stay in the fridge for up to a week...
When ready to bake, heat oven to 180 deg, slice the cookies into thick slices, and pop in the oven slightly seperated on greaseproof paper. Bake for for about 15 mins (no more, maybe less)... take them out just before they get too brown. They might seem quite soft still, but leave them out of the oven for about 5 mins before putting on a cooling rack.
I packed Mike's pockets with the leftover crumbs for his trek across London, incase he got lost... but the birds didn't eat them, so he just about managed to find his way home.
p.s Kate and Caroline - have you appreciated that I have added a blue jug to make my photo more interesting, haha! but I'm not sure if it works?!!
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