I was looking for an important note on the fridge the other day and was confronted with a rainforest worth of paper. Photos. Drawings. Receipts. Notices from school / Brownie Guides/ dancing. And a recipe torn from a magazine for chocolate dessert cookies.
Naturally I abandoned the search for said note and immediately set to work making these bickies.
A previous visit to Costco saw me emerge with 6 tins of sweetened condensed milk. When I saw this recipe it was serendipity.
The hazelnut meal gives a gorgeous Nutella-esque taste. I might use almond meal next time and see how that goes.
I deliberately under-baked the recipe, which was from Woman’s Day magazine courtesy of my lovely neighbour Larissa, to ensure these were soft and fudgy. If you want them firmer add another 10 or so minutes to the baking time.
GATHER:
200 grams dark chocolate, chopped
50 grams butter, chopped
395 gram tin sweetened condensed milk
¼ cup hazelnut meal
1 1/3 cups self-raising flour
LET’S GET TO IT:
In a large heatproof bowl place chocolate, butter, and sweetened condensed milk. Place bowl of pan of simmering water and stir until melted and smooth.
Remove from heat, then stir in flour and hazelnut meal with a silver spoon, then place in fridge for half an hour.
Meanwhile, line two large baking sheets with no-stick paper and preheat oven to 160C.
Remove from fridge, then roll ¼ cup of mixture into balls and place on sheet, allowing room to spread.
Back for around 14 minutes, remove from oven, allow to cool on tray for five minutes then place on cooling rack. Can be served warm or cold.
the hungry mum 
I bet these cookies made you a very popular mum!
Too right! Suffice to say, I will be making these very often 🙂
Nicely arranged. They wouldn’t stay that way for long in my house.
Nor did they in mine 😉
Thought not! 🙂
Yum … and such lovely photos, too!
Thanks so much – I love styling photos.
Wow, looks and sounds delicious! 🙂
Cheers – I will absolutely be making these again.
I’ve never seen condensed milk in a cookie before but these look amazing I’ll have to give it a try!
You must try! So easy and the tinned milk makes them so fudgey and delish.
Lovely – anything with hazelnuts… and chocolate … delicious!
I agree! Hence my adoration for Nutella – but my hatred for the palm oil that it is made with 😦
I have a recipe for a nutella substitute somewhere – I’ll have to try it out to see if it can compete with the real stuff (without any of the nasty stuff)
Woah. What? 5 ingredients? Umm….you better keep an eye out. You might see these on my blog soon. These are legendary!! YOU ROCK! I’m making these TODAY!
Nagi, you have made my day! Woop! Legendary, huh? Think I will be flaunting that to all and sundry 🙂 #haveACookie
They look yum…would t last long in our house
Thanks! They didn’t last here, either.
Yummy! They look like the perfect cookies 😀
Love the simplicity of this recipe while still yielding an aesthetically lovely and clearly tasty cookie! 🙂
Simple is how I roll : ) It is often chaos in the kitchen at Casa de Hungry so the more pared back a recipe is, the better 😉
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Oh yum!
I made these for the weekend and they were fabulous, and so easy!
Hey, that’s great to hear! Thanks Beck x