Step 1

Preheat your oven to 320°F and gather all ingredients. Allow the butter to come to room temperature before starting the recipe.

Step 2

Cream 125g butter, 75g white sugar and 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste in a mixing bowl.

Step 3

Add 175g self raising flour and 2 tbsp water. Mix until everything is combined.

Step 4

Stir in 150g chocolate chips.

Step 5

Using an ice cream scoop, add balls of cookie dough to a baking pan. There is no need to grease or line the pan. Press down the cookie balls to flatten them slightly. I recommend leaving a gap between each ball as the cookies will spread.

Step 6

Bake at 320°F for 20 minutes until lightly golden.

Step 7

Let the cookies cool for 10 minutes on the baking pan before moving them on to a cooling rack.

Step 8

Add 1 drop of pink food colouring to 50g of icing sugar. Mix and add water until you have a pipable consistency. I used approx 2 teaspoons. Repeat the process to make the blue icing.

Step 9

Once the cookies have cooled, pipe 2 blue eyes and a pink smile. The quirkier the better!