Dark chocolate rye cookies
These have less sugar and butter than standard cookies. Make sure you use a dark chocolate with a high cocoa content for a rich, grown-up result. Rye flour adds a lovely toasty flavour.
Ingredients
200 g (7oz) 70%-85% dark chocolate (depending on how dark you like them), finely chopped
25 g (1oz) unsalted butter, plus extra to grease
2 large eggs, at room temperature
100 g (3 ½oz) light brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
40 g (1 ½oz) rye flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Sea salt (optional)
Directions
Gently melt the chocolate and butter together in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Remove and set aside to cool for 10min.
With an electric whisk, combine the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until pale and moussey, about 5min. Fold in the melted chocolate mixture along with the vanilla.
Mix in the flour and bicarbonate of soda. Cover and chill in the fridge for 30min.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan) mark 4. Grease and line two baking sheets with baking parchment. Scoop the dough into 10 mounds, spaced well apart on the baking sheets (each cookie will be about 2tbsp). Wet your hands with cold water, then roll the dough into balls, squashing slightly down. Sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt flakes, if you like.
Bake the cookies for 12-15min until slightly puffed and firm around the edges – the tops should crack a little. Allow to cool for 15min on the baking sheets before carefully transferring to wire racks to cool completely.