Double Chocolate Freckle Cookies (biscuits)

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 55 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 125 g butter, softened
• 165 g brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 225 g plain flour
• 35 g self raising flour
• 35 g cocoa
• 200 g eating dark chocolate
• 85 g rainbow nonpareils (hundreds & thousands in australia)

Recipe

• 1 place butter, sugar and egg in a small bowl and beat with electric mixer until combined. sift together both flours and the coco. stir sifted ingredients into mix, in 2 batches.
• 2 knead dough on floured surface until smooth. roll dough between 2 sheets of baking paper until 3-5mm thick. refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 3 preheat oven to 180 deg c, 356 deg f. grease & line trays with baking paper.
• 4 cut 14 rounds using each of the 3 sized cutters (42 total). place the 3cm cookies all on 1 tray. place the remaining cookies on other trays.
• 5 bake small cookies for about 10 minutes and larger cookies for about 12 minutes. cool on wire racks.
• 6 when cool, melt chocolate by your preferred method. spread tops of each cookie with chocolate and sprinkle with the candy. place aside to set.