Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies

You can't beat cookies with big chunks of chocolate and nuts. The perfect grown-up cookie.

• Ready In: 27 mins
• Yields: 12 cookies

Ingredients

• 7  ounces dark chocolate, broken into squares
• 4  ounces butter, chopped
• 2  ounces light brown sugar
• 3 1⁄2 ounces  superfine sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  egg, beaten
• 4  ounces whole pecans
• 4  ounces all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F Melt half the chocolate in the microwave on High for 1 min or over a pan of simmering water.
2. Beat in the butter, sugars, vanilla and egg until smooth, then stir in three-quarters of both the nuts and remaining chocolate, then the flour and bicarbonate of soda.
3. Heap 12 spoonfuls, spaced far apart, on 2 baking sheets (don't spread the mixture), then poke in the reserved nuts and chocolate.
4. Bake for 12 mins until firm, then leave to cool on the sheets. Can be stored in a tin for up to 3 days.