A nice change from our usual chocolate chip cookies, this double choc version was very popular with the tribe!
I had some Valrhona Caraïbe 66% dark chocolate to use up and this twist on an old Mrs Fields’ recipe seemed the ideal foil for it…
- 375g (2½ cups) plain (AP) flour
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 55g (½ cup) Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 210g (1 cup, packed) dark brown sugar
- 165g (¾ cup) white sugar
- 250g (1 cup) unsalted butter
- 3 large (59g) free range eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (I used homemade)
- 350g (12oz or about 2 cups) semisweet chocolate chips (I used 250g Valrhona Caraïbe and 100g Callebaut 811 54% dark)
1. Sift together the flour, bicarb soda and cocoa powder. Don’t skip this step, or the bicarb and cocoa will leave hard bitter lumps in your finished cookie dough. Stir in the sea salt.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat together the sugars and butter until just combined. Scrape down the sides and add the eggs and vanilla, beat until combined.
3. Add the flour mixture and all the choc chips (I cut the Valrhona fèves in half), and beat until just combined – do not overwork the dough. Cover the mixing bowl with cling film and refrigerate until firm (I left my dough in the fridge overnight).
4. Preheat oven to 150C (300F) with fan. Line two large baking trays with parchment paper. Use a greased icecream scoop to measure out rounded portions of dough onto the tray – the dough will be stiff. Allow room to spread. Bake for 18 – 22 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.
This recipe makes about 40 cookies.
All the cookies were gone within days, and the boys have already asked me to bake another batch!
Just what I need to make this weekend. Cheers Celia
Hope you like them, Sally! :)
i can see why they were a hit…looks so yummy!
Thank you! I’ve been told I need to bake another batch this weekend – the last lot are all gone! :)
Double chocolate.. I would do a double back flip.. no, can’t do those, double cartwheel.. nope, too old, how about a double take.. if I could have one with my coffee this morning. Incidentally, my coffee just happens to be a chocolate flavored one.. so that’d be triple chocolate heaven:D xx
Barb, you’re too funny! I’ve seen you leap off the edge on that flying fox harness now, so I reckon you could do anything – double back flip, cartwheel and more! :)
Oh dear, I really shouldn’t read recipes like these. Lets see if I can wait till the weekend!
You need to keep feeding that growing baby, Pam! :)
seems so delicious, how much I love them! Thanks and Love, nia
Thank you, Nia! I hope you’re feeling better, love.. xx
Scrumity.
:-) Mandy
Thanks Mandy. :)
Wow, Celia, these look amazing!
Thanks Christine! And thanks for the head up about the Grace Hotel on twitter!
Celia, I woke up today craving chocolate. Strange, I don’t usually have this type of craving. Seeing your post put me in intense salivation mode, and I wish I had 4 of these babies in front of me. I guarantee you they would not be in front of me for very long….
(I love Ms Field’s recipe, thanks for reminding me that I should get that cookbook out to play sometime)
Sally, I adore the Mrs Fields’ Cookbook, it’s a shame it’s now out of print! Easy to follow, and concise, and almost always work!
Hi Celia, no wonder the boys devoured them. They look lovely.
Thanks Glenda! :)
I love the way you say you have some Valrhona chocolate to use up ;-)
You’re a better woman than I am Celia (which I’ve always known), I tend to hang on to any good quality chocolate for “just the right occasion” which generally doesn’t seem to occur.
Your cookies sound intensely chocolatey and delicious.
Hardly a better woman, Choc, just an older one. :) And corny as this sounds, it makes me happy to feed my boys the very best I can.. :)
I used to love Mrs Fields cookies. I didn’t know her recipes were available. What wonderful looking biscuits. I’m not surprised they disappeared with haste xx
Charlie, the recipes in the cookbook aren’t a replica of her commercial ones, but they are very good nonetheless!
How delicious!
Thanks Lizzy!
How do these compare to your sable cut biscuits? Because they are my go to chocolate cookie.
Heidi, these are less refined and more cakey than the sable cookies. I haven’t made them in ages, thanks for the reminder! :)
I can almost smell them Celia! Yum!
Thanks Jane! They did smell amazing, actually.. :)
How on earth do you keep your figure Celia? Your boys are lucky they have good metabolisms :)
This recipe looks amazing indeed, so rich and sweet- yummo! Xox
Aah you’re kind, Becca. :) About half of the cakes and cookies I bake go out the door, so it’s not too bad! :)
You cruel and heartless woman! I just went to the biscuit jar to get biscuits for morning tea and it’s empty! (Well there is one for Mum.) I’m taking some fruit bread to the shop to toast but I wish I could take some of these! Thanks Celia, this is already on my to-do list.
Sorry darling, if you were closer, I’d deliver! :)
They look like a biscuit that you could never limit to one only. Just imagine two with some home made icecream in the centre, my mind is racing.
Roz, don’t suggest that to my boys, or they’ll eat them twice as fast!! :)
Delicious Valrahona delicasies. One day when your boys are married and their wives are cooking for them they will never be happy because most mums ( other than the ones that work in food wholesale) dont make cookies with Valrhona, Callebaut or Amedei choolate and they wont be able to work out why they NEVER TASTE LIKE MUM’S
Yep. That’s the plan. ;-)
These look so innocent! Just an ordinary chocolate cookie – until you look closer and see the great big chocolate chunks, and read the recipe to see the quality of chocolate used! Delicious, I’m sure
Suelle, they were very decadent! :)
Do your boys realise that the rest of the world doesn’t eat like this? My kids think everyone has imported Dutch cocoa in their pantry and whine if I make them bake with the cheap cocoa and the cheap choc chips. I don’t know how they are going to afford their champagne tastes when they leave home.
Amanda, we’re raising discerning palates. :D
Oh celia, these are one of the few cookies that i absolutely adore, i must try this recipe! c
Thanks Celi! They’re fun to make too! :)
I shall have to start gathering ingredients.. c
Celia, they look so delicious.
Thank you! :) I wish I could share more than just the photos with all of you!
Oh my Celia, I just had my afternoon cup of tea and one of these would have been quite a treat. Yum!
Claire, you’ve had amazing baked things in your kitchen – I’m so glad you’re always IGing them for us! :)
Oh my goodness those look ALIVE with chocolatey goodness !
Thanks Maureen – they did have a lot of chocolate in them.. ;-)
Yum yum yum. Only problem is there’s never any left over chocolate in my kitchen to use up.
You need to live closer, Jo. There’s always chocolate here!
I can definitely see why they would have gone in a flash Celia… whoosh!!
They even found the ones I’d hidden, Brydie! :)
They look fabulous, such a lovely rich dark colour. I’m not surprised your boys have asked for a remake already.
Thanks Caroline! I was surprised how popular they were! :)
I am in agreement with rozmacallan, these would make wonderful ice cream sandwiches. I would use chocolate ice cream of course.
My Pete would love that! :)
Waw, Celia! Those cookies look freaking delicious!! I love your home-made vanilla extract too! I always make it according to your tasty vanilla recipe! :)
MMMMM! Good food!
Thanks Sophie! I don’t know where we’d be without our vanilla extract – we can’t use the bought stuff anymore! :)
Wow, these look amazing! While sampling some store bought cookies, I was just saying how nothing beats home made cookies. Will definate try this one, thanks for sharing the recipe
Hope you enjoy it! The boys really liked this one! :)
Desperate for biscuit inspiration today. My regular recipes were not cutting it. Thanks for this one. Can’t wait the lads to come home and devour them.