Garden herb inspired recipes
Chocolate chunk cookies with a hint of thyme
30 mins prep and cook – Makes 20 cookies
Grow your own ingredients!
Shopping list for your
local garden centre:
Thyme plants from your garden centre.
Small bag of multi-purpose compost.
Plant pot or container (as big as your appetite!).
Ingredients:
110g sunsalted butter, softened
60g light brown sugar
1 large egg
130g all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
300-450g chocolate chunks (milk or dark)
3 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 190°C
- Line two trays with grease proof paper and put to the side
- Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy
- Add the egg and whisk until incorporated
- Add the dry ingredients and whisk until well incorporated and the dough comes together, 1-2 minutes
- Stir in the chocolate chunks and thyme leaves
- Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop the dough on to the lined trays, leaving a space between each cookie
- Bake for 8-9 minutes, until slightly browned and puffy
- Let cool for several minutes before devouring them
