Cookie cups

Cookie cups are pretty amazing, especially when they're warm. I don't think I've come across anyone who hasn't devoured them as soon as they're put in front of them! 

This is a basic cookie dough that works well with lots of flavours so you can fill your cups with literally anything you fancy! I really enjoy marshmallow fluff in the centre of mine, or white chocolate and raspberries, but chocolates such as Reese's peanut butter cups or Nutella also work really well. 

Cookie Cups.

Ingredients

125g unsalted butter

170g soft light brown sugar 

200g plain flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

15g porridge oats

1 egg 

120g chocolate chips 

Directions

1. Pre heat your oven to 180 degrees. You'll need a cupcake/muffin tin to bake your cookie cups in, it isn't necessary to grease but make sure it's really clean so that you can twist the cookies out once they've cooled. 

2. Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Sift in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt, mix well until it looks like large bread crumbs. Add in the porridge oats and mix again. 

3. Beat in the egg until the dough comes together. Stir the chocolate chips into the mixture. You should be able to pick up the dough with out it sticking to your hands. 

4. Make 12 balls, roughly the size of golf balls and flatten slightly laying them on some greaseproof paper. Pop these into the fridge for 30 minutes. Once you've taken them out you can begin to make the cups! 

5. Just like in the picture above, put the discs into the cupcake tray and push out to make a well in the middle. Bake the cookie cups on the middle shelf of your preheated oven for 10-12 minutes.

6. Once removed from the oven, leave the cookie cups to cool for around 15- 20 minutes. Once they've cooled you can twist them out and fill them with whatever you'd like!

This recipe can also be used for regular cookies, you can substitute the chocolate chips for your favourite chocolate, I have a bit of an obsession with mint chocolate. I love it! So I like to use mint Aero's and Dairy Milk chocolate bars to make these delicious mint chocolate cookies! 

Happy baking!