Ingredients

Ingredients

• 125g plain flour
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 100g demerara sugar
• 100g dark chocolate chips or chopped dark chocolate
• 75g coconut oil, melted and cooled
• 1 tsp  vanilla paste or extract

Directions

Method

• STEP 1

  Mix the flour, cocoa, baking powder, bicarb, sugar and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Stir in the chocolate chips.

• STEP 2

  Stir in the coconut oil, vanilla and 2 tbsp water until you have a rough dough. It will look a bit crumbly but should come together if you squeeze a lump together in your hand – if not, add a little more water.

• STEP 3

  Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line a large baking tray with baking paper or a silicone baking mat. Scoop out a generous tbsp of dough and mold into a ball using your hands. Push down on the baking tray into a cookie shape and repeat with the remaining dough – don’t worry about spacing them too far apart as they won’t expand much in the oven.

• STEP 4

  Bake for 12 minutes then leave to cool before eating. Stored in an airtight container the cookies will keep for a few days.