Malteser Cookies

Who doesn't love cookies? Especially when they taste just like Millie's Cookies. This BBC Food recipe makes the most delicious crunchy-on-the-outside and gooey-on-the-inside cookies. Whilst the recipe includes chocolate chips, I couldn't resist adding Maltesers too, both inside and on top of the cookies!

Like most other cookie recipes, it has few ingredients. The butter (125g) and sugar (125g white and 100g light brown) need to be creamed together before adding in the egg and tsp of vanilla essence. Then sift in the self-raising flour (225g) and salt (1/2 tsp) before combining the chocolate chips (200g) and half the box of Maltesers into the cookie dough.

Then blob spoonfuls (the size depends on how many you want - as you can see I went for big!) onto the tray (preferably on grease-proof paper or a greased tin as they will stick) before crumbling the remaining Maltesers over the top of the cookies. 

Depending on how soft you want them to be, take them out after 7 (gooey) -10 (crispy around the edges) minutes. They are best eaten straight out of the oven when they are still gooey and the chocolates melted (not that you need reminding).

Crunchie, Malteser and Rolo Rocky Road Bites

This is the recipe, that after trying it, everyone wants a copy of. I have passed it on a few times now and the main reason being it not only tastes delicious but it's so simple and quick to make as you literally just chuck it together.

I always tend to stick to recipes that aren't over complicated or packed full with unnecessary ingredients (in my opinion!). Therefore this Nigella's Rocky Road recipe to add to.

When using this recipe I swap the dark chocolate for milk chocolate and the rich tea biscuits for digestive biscuits (that's the good thing about rocky road you can change the recipe to include whatever you like - within reason).

After I've melted the butter, chocolate and syrup, I transfer it into a cooler bowl (instead of  keeping it in the saucepan) before adding in the rest of the chocolate. It's up to you what you choose to add but the household favourite is to add in a 135g pouch of maltesers, a 4 pack of crunchies and 4 pack of rolos (yes I know, what a lot of calories but wait until you've tried it...)