Chilli chocolate cookies

200 kcal or less 30-60 minutes adam russell alternative biscuits chocolate chip dessert double chocolate entertaining feed a crowd food for a crowd grown-up indulgent mains pudding spiced chocolate

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Makes 40 cookies

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Ingredients

225g unsalted butter , softened

100g caster sugar

175g dark muscovado sugar

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs , beaten

300g plain flour

50g cocoa powder

1 tsp baking powder

1 ½ tsp cayenne pepper (less or more to taste)

100g bar dark chilli chocolate , roughly chopped

100g bar white chocolate , roughly chopped

100g bar dark chocolate , roughly chopped

vanilla ice cream

Method

Beat the butter and sugars together, then gradually mix in the vanilla and eggs. In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, a pinch of salt, baking powder and cayenne pepper, then mix these into the butter and fold in all the chocolate.

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Place walnut-sized spoonfuls of the mixture on baking sheets lined with baking parchment, leaving enough space between so they don’t melt together. Bake in batches, for 10-12 mins, depending on how gooey you like your cookies. Allow to cool on the baking sheets for 1 min before removing to a plate to cool completely. Serve with vanilla ice cream.