Chocolate Brownie cookies

This recipe makes alot of cookies, once rolled they can be stored in the fridge-cut and cooked a la minute,-ready for whenever you feel like eating some cookies. The recipe is less like a cookie and more like a brownie-hence the name. Press nuts and or chocolate chips into the cookies before cooking (if they are added to the mixture before rolling, the biscuit tends to break when slicing)

Make double chocolate brownie cookies by topping with ganche- see ganache recipe post.

The recipe makes two rolls (about 40 cookies)-store one in the freezer and the other in the fridge.  Cook at 170 for about 15-minutes.

• 150g self raising flour
• 40g cocoa
• 340g dark chocolate
• 210g firmly packed brown sugar
• 180g butter
• 3 large eggs

Make in a mixer or by hand.
Mix the flour and cocoa together
cream the butter and sugar together

Add the eggs gradually, if the mixture starts to crack add some of the flour-cocoa mix
Add the  remaining cocoa and flour.
Melt the chocolate and stir into the mixture.

Cut some tin foil and greaseproof of equal size, place the paper on top of the foil.  (make sure the length of paper and foil is not too long-this roll has to fit in your fridge-about a 35-40cm lenght).

Spoon the mix along the length of the paper up from the edge of the length of  paper.  Do not fill up to the edges of the side either-or the mix will spill out as you roll.

Bring the foil and paper over the mixture, and form a round mound with your hands working their way along the length of foil.

pull back the foil on the first roll to make sure the greaseproof covers the mixture

Contiue to roll.  When you come the the end, fold and tuck in the ends

Refrigerate.

When roll is hard unroll from the paper, the cookies can be cut from the roll, about 1cm slices

Place on baking tray, you can press nuts and chocolate chips into the top if desired and cook in a preheated oven for about 15-20minutes at 170C.
(8 will fit on a 32x22cm tray)

leave cool completely on tray, top with ganache for double chocolate brownie cookies