These chocolate cookies are my go-to recipe if I need to bake something for someone and can’t be messing around with anything fancy (sorry if you’ve ever received these from me – made with love, I promise!). My sister and I have been baking them since we were small. Now I barely measure anything out – just bung quantities of ingredients in until it looks right!
They’re from a book called “The Children’s Step-by-Step Cook Book” (a great present for any child), and they’re fool-proof and tasty. I’ll often add my own twist:
Standard recipe: 2.5oz caster, 2.5oz soft brown sugar, 4oz butter. Beat sugar + butter. Add 1 egg, 1/2 tsp vanilla essence; mix. Add 5oz Pl. four, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp bicarb. soda; mix. Add 6oz choc. chips. Bake for 8-10 mins @ 180/160fan.
Variations: make them multi-choc-chip by adding dark/milk/white chocolate; add glace cherries etc etc…go wild!
This picture shows some very pale cookies. You can get them to go browner. It depends on whether you’re aiming for a more cookie or biscuity-crumbly texture; and how patient you are!
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