Midnight Cookies

Ingredients:

125g butter

175g caster sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

125g plain flour

35g cocoa powder

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Balls of cookie mix about to go in the oven

Method:

1. Preheat oven to Gas Mark 4 or 180C.
2. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Beat the egg and vanilla essence together and then add to the butter & sugar mixture. Mix well until smooth.
4. Mix together the flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda.
5. Add the dry mix slowly to the wet mix, constantly mixing until all the dry ingredients are added and it is well combined.
6. Make small walnut sized balls in your hands and place onto a baking sheet, well spaced out.
7. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes.
8. Cool on the baking tray before moving to a wire rack to cool.