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Nutrition: Per serving

  • kcal241
  • fat11g
  • saturates7g
  • carbs31g
  • sugars21g
  • fibre1g
  • protein2g
  • salt0.3g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment. Tip the butter, sugars and vanilla into a bowl. Beat with a hand-held electric whisk until pale and fluffy. Add the egg and beat again. Tip in the flour, bicarb and a pinch of salt, then use a spatula to mix together before adding the chocolate chunks and about half the crushed mini eggs (set aside the larger pieces) and mix again until everything is combined.

  • step 2

    Scoop golf-ball-sized mounds of cookie dough onto the baking sheets, making sure you leave plenty of space between each one. (You should fit 4-6 cookies on each, so you’ll have to bake in batches to make the total 20 cookies.) Push the remaining Mini Egg pieces into the tops. Can be frozen at this point for up to three months. Defrost thoroughly in the fridge before baking. Bake for 15-18 mins, swapping the sheets around halfway through. For soft and chewy cookies, the cookies should be golden around the edges but still pale and soft in the middle. If you prefer a biscuit texture, you will need to bake them a little longer.

  • step 3

    Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 10 mins before transferring to a wire rack, then bake the second batch. Continue until all the cookies are baked. Will keep in an airtight container for up to a week.

RECIPE TIPS
ADD A TWIST

For choc-orange cookies, replace the mini eggs with 100g chopped orange chocolate. Add the zest of an orange to the dough, too. For choconana cookies, replace the chocolate eggs with broken banana chips. And for toffee pecan cookies, swap white choc chips for toffee pieces, and chocolate eggs for chopped pecans.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2019

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A star rating of 3.9 out of 5.40 ratings

mariabudgen

Easy tasty recipe. Went down well with the family and friends this Easter. If I make again I will give them a couple of mins less time in oven as they did go a bit crisp, especially after a couple of days, and I prefer a chewy texture.

JCnosh

My cookies came out way to crunchy. I followed cooking times so not sure what went so wrong but id stick my usual cookie recipe in future as these were disappointing.

h4g2kmqtmc91312

Followed this recipe and unfortunately my cookies turned out very dark and crispy.

amyk88

Easy to follow recipe. Would recommend using a wooden spoon instead of a spatula to make sure the flour mixes in well. Also think the cook time is a little long, went for 10mins and let them cool a little and they were perfect! Dark chocolate really helps balance out the sweetness

emma.hardyyKAkPCNG

Terrible. I followed the recipe exactly and baked them for 15 minutes as states and they turned out hard as a rock I couldn't even bite into them. Very disappointing.

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