Sunday, 28 August 2011

Weekend Baking: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sarah is on the mend again after her nasty virus that has plagued her over the past 2 weeks. She has spent the weekend competing in the Tournament of Minds (where she put her creativity to the test in a different way) and catching up on school work. During a break this afternoon she whipped up a batch of her favourite Chocolate Chip Cookies - a tried and tested recipe that taste delicious with a cold glass of milk. They also freeze well for the school lunches this week.



What we like about these cookies is that they don't have too much butter, and are crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside. 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients: 
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons golden syrup or honey
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups of plain or all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 160 degrees C (325°F.)
In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until well combined. Add egg, syrup and vanilla and beat until smooth.
Add the flour, baking soda and salt  to the butter-sugar mixture and stir by hand until almost combined; add chocolate chips and stir just until blended. 
Drop spoonfuls of dough (or use a small ice-cream scoop) about  5 cm or 2” apart on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Flatten each a little with a fork.  Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until pale golden and set around the edges but still soft in the middle. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Makes 20 cookies.





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12 comments:

Beertje Zonn said...

Mmmmmmm, I like Chocolate Chip Cookies


Beertje Zonn

Handmade in Israel said...

Beautiful photos! You know I already love these cookies :)

Simone de Klerk said...

I'm going to make these! Thijme is visiting us for a day today, so This is special (o:
PS: Love the little butter part and ... crispy outside, chewy inside (o:

Simone de Klerk said...

We just had some cookies. They were gooooooooooood! Great recipe (:

Terriaw said...

These look delish! I love love cookies. The last batch I made was chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips - yummy!

MooseStash Quilting said...

Those look yummy ... and I do have to make cookies today. Have being the key word here! :-) :-)

Dogwood said...

Those cookies look wonderful.
Oh, they would be lovely with a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Glad to hear Sarah in on the mend.
Have a happy evening.
Cory/Dogwood

Cathy (aka CrafteeCC) said...

these look sooo good ;-)
are there macadamias in this mix or did you use a mix of white & milk chocolate chips?

notyet100 said...

Will add my link,cookies look so delicious

Jenny said...

Yum they are making my mouth water!

Alex said...

I´ve tried then. They don´t only look tasty... They ARE very good.

Greetings
Alex from Germany

Christy said...

yummy! sarah is such a talented baker. :)

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