Congratulations Smarty Pants!

It's exam results season, and we've rustled up a tasty recipe using our chocolate smart beans so you can give your friend, sibling, daughter, son or neighbour a big congratulations on their results, and congratulate them on being such a smarty pants.  

There are 8 ingredients in this simple recipe: 

- 345g plain flour

- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

- 1 pinch of salt 

- 250g of softened butter

- 1 large beaten egg

- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

- 300g smarties 

1. Start by sifting all the dry ingredients together in a bowl, and then set aside

2. Cream together the butter and sugar, until you have a light and fluffy mix

3.Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract

4. Gradually mix in the dry ingredients to form a stiff dough

5. Stir in half of your smarties

6. Roll the dough into little sized balls and place on a baking tray (we used baking sheet so they are easy to remove) 

7. Once you have placed your balls of dough onto the tray, push in 3 or 4 chocolate smart beans into each cookie. 

8. Bake for 12-15 minutes, keeping a good eye on them to make sure they don't burn

9. Allow to cool and serve! 

We used this recipe from the Nigella community recipe page.