chocolate toffee cookies

To celebrate the purchase of my new Camera I went looking for a recipe worth posting. I haven't posted anything in a while, mostly because my old camera was at first embarrassingly bad, and then wet and broken thanks to a fortunate accident with an esky.

I came across this recipe at one of my usual haunts, and was immediately taken by how beautiful and delicious it looked. Of course I overlooked the fact that the lovely lady over at Smitten Kitchen can make dog turds look like delicious cookies, while I on the other hand can make delicious cookies look like dog turds.

Still they taste great!

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1/2 cup all purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon baking powder


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 450g bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped


• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter


• 1 3/4 cups (packed) brown sugar


• 4 large eggs


• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (I used a fancy jar of vanilla bean bits )


• 5 40g chocolate-covered English toffee bars (such as Heath), coarsely chopped*


• 1 cup walnuts, toasted, chopped


• Flaky sea salt for sprinkling (optional)

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Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl; whisk to blend. Stir chocolate and butter in top of double boiler set over simmering water until melted and smooth. Remove from over water. Cool mixture to lukewarm.

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Using electric mixer, beat sugar and eggs in bowl until thick, about 5 minutes. Beat in chocolate mixture and vanilla.

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Stir in flour mixture, then toffee and nuts ( hehe nuts ). Chill batter until firm, about 45 minutes.

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Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment or waxed paper. Drop batter by spoonfuls onto sheets, spacing two inches apart. Sprinkle with a pinch of flaky sea salt, if you’re using it.

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Bake just until tops are dry and cracked but cookies are still soft to touch, about 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on sheets. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.)

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they look yum

yummy. I need something like this right now to go with my coffee :(

nom nom nom

If you dont bring them to work on monday your going to get back punched :(

there's a roll of uncooked dough in the freezer to bring in.

I'll still take the back punch though...

Looks good but why do you use dark chocolate?

They look awesome stinky, i might even give making them a try.

Looks good but why do you use dark chocolate?

I've always used dark when cooking.