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mini egg cookies
Kathryn Coyle

Mini Egg Cookies

Thick, chewy Easter cookies packed with mini eggs and milk chocolate chips. The ultimate festive chocolate chip cookie.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: batch cook
Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 100 g light brown sugar
  • 30 g caster sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 100 g self raising flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt I use maldon
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 200 g chopped milk chocolate
  • 2 medium bags cadburys mini eggs

Equipment

  • 1 large mixing bowl or stand mixer
  • 1 measuring cups
  • 1 weighing scales
  • 1 baking tray
  • 1 baking paper
  • 1 cookie scoop optional

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 180°C (fan)
  2. Line your baking trays or cookie sheet with parchment paper
  3. In a large mixing bowl (or using a stand mixer or hand mixer on low speed), cream together the unsalted butter and both sugars.
  4. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until smooth and combined
  5. In a small bowl, whisk together the self raising flour, plain flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt
  6. Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture using a wooden spoon or mixer on low speed. Do not overmix.
  7. Add the mini eggs and milk chocolate chips or chocolate chunks. (Save some of the remaining mini eggs to press onto the top of the cookies before baking)
  8. Using a cookie scoop or kitchen scale for even sizing, roll into balls of dough to approx 100g
  9. Place onto your prepared baking sheet with plenty of space between each one as they will spread slightly.
  10. Bake for 10–12 minutes.
  11. Let the baked cookies sit on the tray for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Video

Notes

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.
You can also freeze unbaked cookie dough balls in a freezer bag and bake straight from frozen but remember to add a couple of extra minutes to the baking time.