Chocolate toffee cluster cookies
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 35 - 45 minutes
Serves: Makes about 35
makes the perfect match for late night hot chocolate
Ingredients
80g butter or margarine
200g milk or dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
125ml (100 g) light brown sugar
3ml vanilla essence
375ml (210 g) Snowflake self-raising flour
1ml salt
100g white chocolate, coarsely chopped
100g soft caramel toffee, coarsely chopped
2 extra-large egg whites, beaten
Method
- Melt butter and half the milk chocolate together in microwave or in a glass bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Add sugar. Remove from heat and add essence.
- Sift flour and salt together. Add to chocolate mixture and mix until well combined. Add beaten eggs and stir well. Fold in remaining chocolate, white chocolate and toffee.
- Spoon heaped teaspoonsful of mixture onto lined and greased baking trays, leaving enough space for spreading.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 12 minutes. Leave on baking trays for a few minutes to cool, before turning out onto wire racks to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
