Fudgy Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

• 400 g Butter (melted; salted butter is recommended, in which case do not add the salt)
• 280 g Brown sugar
• 160 g Granulated sugar
• 1 sachet Vanilla sugar
• 1 Egg
• Vanilla extract (quantity not specified)
• Salt (1 pinch)
• 1 càc Baking soda
• 180 g Flour
• 200 g Chocolate and/or nuts (your choice; the video uses three types of chocolate: white, milk and dark)

Steps

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a saucepan.

2. 2

   While the butter is melting, preheat the oven. The preheating temperature is not specified.

3. 3

   Mix the brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla sugar in a large bowl.

4. 4

   Pour the melted butter over the sugars and mix.

5. 5

   Add the egg and vanilla extract, then mix.

6. 6

   Add the flour, baking soda and pinch of salt, then mix. The dough remains quite moist; this is normal.

7. 7

   Chop the chocolate into chips if necessary. The video uses white, milk and dark chocolate.

8. 8

   Add the chocolate and/or nuts to the dough.

9. 9

   Refrigerate the dough for about 20 minutes.

10. 10

    Shape the dough into balls and arrange them on a baking sheet. The video shapes 50 g portions; the base recipe makes 9 large cookies.

11. 11

    Bake at 170 °C for a maximum of 11 minutes. For 50 g cookies, 8 minutes is sufficient according to the description.

12. 12

    When the cookies come out of the oven, you can sprinkle a little fleur de sel on top to enhance the flavor.

Notes

Salted butter is recommended; in that case, omit the pinch of salt from the dough. The base recipe is for 9 large cookies. The video shows a batch multiplied by 4 and shapes 50 g portions; its description does not specify the amount of vanilla extract.

Nutrition per serving

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