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Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Biscuits - By Pip Lincolne

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Ingredients

125g salted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 small eggs
1 to 2 drops of vanilla essence
1 3/4 cups self-raising flour
250 choc chips

Makes about 48

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C.
  2. Using a electric mixer, cream butter with sugars until pale. Beat in eggs and vannila essance until combined.
  3. Beat in sifted flour until mixed through. Fold through choc chip.
  4. Grease or line a baking tray eith baking paper.
  5. Roll dough into teaspoon-sized ballsand place on a tray.
  6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

If you like them chewy, don’t let them brown as they will crisp up as the cool down.

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Poached rhubarb with chocolate brownies and honey mascarpone

Ingredients

  • 440g (2 cups) caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 225g (1 1/2 cups) sifted plain flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 150g melted butter
  • 2 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp Tia Maria
  • 90g (¾ cup) chopped toasted cashews
  • 2 bunches of rhubarb
  • 1 tsp finely grated orange rind
  • ¼ cup orange juice
  • 5 tbsp honey
  • 1 cup mascarpone

Method

For Brownies

  1. Beat 2 cups caster sugar and 4 eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until thick and pale.
  2. Fold in 1 1/2 cups sifted plain flour and ¼ tsp salt. Combine 150g melted butter with 2 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder in a small bowl and stir until smooth, then fold into egg mixture.
  3. Add 1 tbsp Tia Maria and ¾ cup chopped toasted cashews and stir until well combined.
  4. Spoon mixture into a paper base-lined and greased 25cm square cake tin and bake for 45-55 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
  5. Allow to cool in the tin.

For Rubarb

  1. Cut stalks from 2 bunches into 3-4cm pieces and put in a large saucepan with 1 tsp finely grated orange rind, ¼ cup orange juice, 2 tbsp honey and 1 tbsp water. Cover, cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-8 minutes or until rhubarb is cooked but still holding its shape.

For Mascarpone

  1. Combine 1 cup mascarpone with 3 tbsp of honey and stir well.

For Serving

Cut brownies into 8 squares and place on serving plates. Top with the honey mascarpone. Serve rhubarb on the side.

Recipe from http://www.cuisine.com.au/recipe/Poached-rhubarb-with-chocolate-brownies-and-honey-mascarpone

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