Chocolate and Salted Caramel Fudge Cookies

Chocolate and Salted Caramel Fudge Cookies

Ingredients:

·         250g RISE All Purpose flour

·         35g cocoa powder

·         1 + ½ tsp baking powder

·         ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

·         ½ tsp fine salt

·         125g unsalted butter (softened; room temperature)

·         100g light brown sugar

·         75g granulated sugar

·         1 egg (large or medium; room temperature)

·         1 tsp vanilla extract

·         150g salted caramel fudge pieces

·         150g milk chocolate chips

Method:

·         Add both sugars and butter to a mixing bowl and cream them together until nice and creamy (using a hand mixer or a stand mixer with paddle attachment)

·         Add in vanilla extract and egg and beat until well combined

·         Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a bowl and add it to sugar, butter egg mix and beat till cookie dough forms

·         Add salted fudge pieces and milk chocolate chips and mix till fully mixed in

·         Scoop the cookie dough and roughly form cookie dough balls (each around 70-75g)

·         Place the cookie dough balls onto a tray and place in the freezer for at least 30 minutes (this makes the cookies nice and gooey inside!)

·         When ready to bake, preheat oven to 170°C (fan). Take out the cookies and leave them for room temp for around 5-10 minutes. Place up to 6 cookie dough balls per tray and bake for around 12-14 minutes

·         Let them cool down for at least 30 minutes. Enjoy!