Chewy Nut and Chocolate Chip Cookies

On Monday night I found myself in the position of my dad's looming birthday and no present. Panicking with no idea what to buy a middle aged man other than alcohol I decided to make Cookies and leave them for him to find before he heads off to work.
Here is the recipe for my deliciously moorish cookies. Be warned you won't be able to eat just one!

Ingredients: 

8oz butter
9oz caster sugar
1 egg
5oz plain flower
1tsp baking powder
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2tsp cinnamon
1/2tsp ginger
5oz rolled oats
1oz cashew nuts blanched and roughly chopped
4oz hazelnuts blanched and roughly chopped
2oz flaked almonds roughly chopped
3 1/2oz plain chocolate roughly chopped into chips
4oz dried apricots or raisins finely chopped
3 1/2oz plain chocolate (to drizzle)

1. Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/ 180C/ 350F and grease a large baking tray.
2. In a large bowl mix the butter, sugar and egg. Sieve in the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and ginger and oats. Once well mixed together add the nuts, dried fruit and chocolate chips. 
3. Spoon tablespoons of mixture onto the baking tray well apart and shape the spoonfuls into circles. 
4. Place the baking tray into the oven and bake for 12 mins or until the cookies are golden brown. Don't over bake or they will loose their chewy texture. However if you want them crunchy bake for a few minutes longer. 
5. Once baked move the cookies onto a cooling rack. In a heatproof bowl break the drizzling chocolate into over a pan of boiling water. Once the chocolate is melted drizzle it with a fork over the cooled cookies. Leave the chocolate to cool on the rack. Et Voila! You have delicious chewy, nutty, chocolate cookies. 

Using baking paper and some red ribbon I made a little bundle my Dad could take to work with him, and wrote out "Happy Birthday" in scrabble letters. Cheap and personal, the perfect birthday present for my Dad.