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Authors: R. A. Spratt

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I am not usually a conspiracy theorist. I do not believe the government is hiding evidence of alien invasion. I don’t believe that Elvis Presley is still alive and selling second-hand cars in Florida. And I don’t think Hollywood filmmakers faked the moon landing. (Actually, the Ringmaster did but that is a story for another time.)

I do, however, believe there is a widespread movement among misguided mothers to sneak healthy food into children’s snack. You may have noticed this; perhaps some of the chocolate chips in your chocolate chip cookies have tasted more like sultanas, or you saw the remnants of carrot on the grater after your mother had been baking your birthday cake.

The root of the problem is that your mother loves you. So much so that she is prepared to sacrifice the taste of your food just so that you live a long and healthy life.

I have no such concerns. This recipe for chocolate cookies is very simple. It has no health benefits but the cookies taste extremely good.

INGREDIENTS

120 grams butter

60 grams caster sugar

120 grams self-raising flour

30 grams drinking chocolate powder

a pinch of salt

METHOD

1. Cream the butter and sugar.

2. Stir in the flour, drinking chocolate and salt.

3. Fight the urge to shove all the beautiful brown cookie dough in your mouth at once (or make a double quantity so you can shove half in your mouth and still have some leftover to make cookies).

4. Form the dough into balls the size of a walnut and place well apart on a baking sheet.

5. Flatten the balls with a wet fork.

6. Bake at 180°C for about 15 minutes.

NB. If you have been a naughty girl or boy, these cookies are an excellent treat to leave out for Santa. He is quite the cookie connoisseur. One bite of one of these deliciously crisp chocolate biscuits and he will pop the lump of coal back in his pocket and give you the pop gun or racing bike that you’ve been asking for.

On behalf of

Nanny Piggins, Boris and the Green children

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy, safe and chocolate-filled holiday season.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Bonza Kwanzaa and Yaki-dah,

from

R.A. Spratt (the author)

About the Author

R.A. Spratt is an award-winning comedy writer with thirteen years’ experience in the television industry. She lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters. Unlike Nanny Piggins, she has never willingly been blasted out of a cannon.

For more information about Nanny Piggins and R.A. Spratt, go to

www.raspratt.com

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