Chocolate chip cookies

Name: Chocolate chip cookies
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175g butter, softened; 150g light brown soft sugar; 100g caster sugar; 1 large egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 275g plain flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 0.5 tsp salt; 200g milk chocolate, chopped into chunks

Soft in the middle and crisp at the edges, with plenty of chocolate chunks. Chill the dough for thicker cookies.

Vegetarian

Time30 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.19 a head
Oven180°C (160°C fan)

16 cookies

Ingredients

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175 gbuttersoftened
150 glight brown soft sugar
100 gcaster sugar
1large egg
1 tspvanilla extract
275 gplain flour
1 tspbicarbonate of soda
½ tspsalt
200 gmilk chocolatechopped into chunks

Method

1
Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Line two baking trays.
2
Beat the butter and both sugars until pale, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
3
Stir in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt, then the chocolate.
4
Roll into 16 balls and space well apart on the trays, flattening each slightly.
5
Bake for 11 minutes until golden at the edges but still soft in the centre.
11 min
6
Leave on the tray for 5 minutes, then move to a wire rack.
5 min

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