cookies for katie

i recently had a baby boy. when two of my friends found out i was pregnant they turned up on my door step with bags of clothes for my bulging belly. to say thank you to one of these gorgeous ladies, i decided to bake her some yummy treats.

it would be remiss of me not to share the recipe so here goes...

chunky, chewy choc-chip cookies

1 cup brown sugar
½ cup caster sugar
1 ½ cups self-raising flour
½ cup plain flour
1 cup coarsely chopped roasted macadamias
185g butter, melted
1 egg, beaten lightly
1 egg yolk, beaten lightly
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
200g dark eating chocolate, chopped coarsely

preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. grease oven trays, line with baking paper.

combine sugars, sifted flours and nuts in large bowl. add combined butter, egg, egg yolk and extract, mix to soft dough. stir in chocolate.

place 2 level tablespoons of biscuit dough on trays about 6cm apart.

baking time really depends on your oven. you want the cookies to brown lightly but if you overcook them they aren't chewy. they take around 8 minutes in my oven but they can take up to 16 minutes in some ovens.

to wrap the cookies i used a coles oven bag, a kikki.k goodie bag and some brown string.

i tied a little handmade gift tag to the goodie bag (i will do a post on gift tags another day). i decorated the tag by stamping a key on it. i bought the key stamp from BlossomStamps' store on etsy.

thanks for the clothes katie! hope the cookies were tasty.