Outrageous Cookies

Adapted from a recipe found on “The Fairies in the Kitchen.”

Ingredients

• 200 g good-quality baking chocolate
• 45 g butter
• 2 eggs
• 150 g brown sugar
• 1 packet vanilla sugar
• 150 g flour
• Chocolate chips or small chocolate pieces for topping; the original recipe uses a mixture of white and dark chocolate
• Yeast or baking powder is mentioned in the method, but the original recipe does not provide a quantity

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and prepare a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
2. Melt the butter and baking chocolate together.
3. Beat the eggs, brown sugar, and vanilla sugar until creamy.
4. Mix in the melted chocolate and butter.
5. Add the flour and the unspecified yeast or baking powder.
6. Using two tablespoons, place small, well-spaced mounds of dough on the prepared baking sheet.
7. Sprinkle the cookies with the chocolate chips or pieces.
8. Bake for 10 minutes.

The cookies are ready when their crusts are cracked but their centers remain soft.