In honour of Lorelai & Rory ...

 
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 Remember Gilmore Girls?  That TV show was so popular in our house when it was running.  We have all 7 seasons on DVD (and they are nearly worn out!) and Kirby can quote Lorelai & Rory verbatim.

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Sookie, the sweet, rotund chef in the show, once made a batch of cookies for Lorelai and Rory.  We googled it and a recipe came up.  We have been making these ever since (tweaked a bit).

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SOOKIE ST JAMES COOKIES

250 gms butter, softened

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup caster sugar

1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 and 1/4 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 and 1/2 teaspoons ground coffee beans

1 cup dark chocolate, chopped

1/2 cup milk chocolate melts

1/2 cup white chocolate melts

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Preheat oven to 180C.  Line 2 baking trays with paper.  It will take a couple of batches to bake.

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Cream butter and sugars until pale, add in vanilla and eggs and beat a further minute.  Add in salt, flour, cinnamon, baking powder and coffee then the chocolate.  Mix to combine well with a wooden spoon.

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Place big teaspoonfuls on baking paper covered trays.  Bake for 6 minutes then rotate trays and turn around and bake a further 4 minutes then check then probably another 2 minutes.  You want them pale golden so they are a bit chewy.  The darker they are, the crunchier.

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Boil the kettle and have a cuppa......bliss!

Cheers - Joolz