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ZonCoupons Cookie Guide

Well if you must know our favourites are Double Chocolate Chunk and Cherry Cookies. See recipe at the bottom of the page! But if it is the other type of cookies you are interested in….

 

About Cookies

Our cookie guide is part of our Privacy Policy. Cookies are small text files that are placed on to your computer by websites that you visit. They are used to make websites work, to improve efficiency of websites, to improve the user’s experience and to provide usage information on websites. This information should make your website visits more productive by storing and using information on your website preferences and habits.

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Our Cookies

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Cookies used by our service providers

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Google Analytics

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Google AdSense

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Upviral

We use https://upviral.com (External link) to store user data related to our monthly prize draws, including your contact information and the number of entries together with any prize details you may have won. You can view their privacy and cookie policy at https://upviral.com/cookie-policy/ (External link).

 

How to control your cookies

There are various ways that you can control and manage your cookies which are discussed in a bit more detail below. Please remember that any settings you change will not just affect ZonCoupons cookies. These changes will apply to all websites that you visit (unless you choose to block cookies from particular sites). The settings you change will also only apply to the device on which you change them and will not apply across all your devices. If you want to opt out of cookies on all your devices, you will need to change the settings on all your devices individually.

Managing cookies in your browser.

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(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge);
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Revoking ZonCoupons Cookie Settings

In order to use fully experience ZonCoupons you will need to accept our cookie usage policy. If you decide to revoke your decision then you can do so by simply clearing your browser cookies. If you are able to select specific cookies to delete rather than removing them all (for example this is possible in Chrome settings/advanced/privacy and security/site settings/cookies and site data/see all) then look for the cookies issued by ‘zoncoupons.com’. This way you can delete all cookies on your device that were issued by us.

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For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to aboutcookies.org (External link).

If you need to get back to this information you can find it through our Privacy Policy page which you can find in the footer of all ZonCoupons pages.

 

Our Favourite Cookie!

Double Chocolate Chunk and Cherry Cookies

Recipe and picture courtesy of BBC Food (External link)

Ingredients:

100g/3½oz unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
100g/3½oz caster sugar
2 tbsp sunflower oil
100g/3½oz soft dark brown sugar
1 free-range egg, beaten
½ tsp vanilla essence
200g/7oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
100g/3½oz dried sour cherries, soaked in water
2 tbsp cherry brandy
40g/1½oz flaked almonds
75g/2½oz roasted hazelnuts, chopped
100g/3½oz white chocolate, broken into small pieces
100g/3½oz dark chocolate, broken into small pieces

Method:

1.Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.

2.Place the butter and the caster sugar into a bowl and beat together until light and creamy. Add the sunflower oil and brown sugar and fold through to combine. Add the egg and vanilla essence and mix well.

3.In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, salt and baking powder.

4.Add the flour to the butter and sugar mixture and mix well to form a dough. Fold in the drained cherries, brandy, almonds, hazelnuts and the white and dark chocolate pieces. .

5.On a floured work surface, carefully roll out the dough to 1cm/½in thick. Using the cookie cutter of your choice, cut out 8–16 cookies (depending on the size of the cutter).

6.Place the cookies onto a greased baking tray (not too close together as they will spread). Place into the oven to bake for 15 minutes, or until golden-brown and cooked through.

7.Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the trays for 8–10 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

Recipe courtesy of BBC Food. See original recipe here… Double Chocolate Chunk and Cherry Cookies (External links)