Were Bros chocolate cookies

Tam West

This is Carter Were's recipe for the "really good" chocolate cookies you can buy at Were Bros at 480 Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn.

Ingredients

150 g	Flour
40 g	Dark baking cocoa (Main)
1 ½ tsp	Baking soda
½ tsp	Salt
100 g	Butter
220 g	Caster sugar
2	Eggs
230 g	Dark chocolate, melted (Main)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 175C. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
2. Cream butter with caster sugar until pale and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, incorporating each well. Working in 3-4 stages, gently fold the dry ingredients into the creamed mix, incorporating well at each stage.
3. Fold in melted chocolate and mix to a smooth batter. Chill mixture for 10 minutes.
4. Roll large spoonfuls (approx. 60g) into balls, space generously on a baking paper-lined oven tray and bake for 17 minutes until risen and cracked on top. Leave to cool on the tray.

These cookies would be great to take on a picnic. Here are more of Warren's transportable ideas

• Chilled asparagus soup
• Spring sangria
• Pickled marinated mussels
• Pork, apple and sage sausage rolls
• Submarine sandwich
• Brown rice salad
• Candied nut clusters