Never Go Wrong with Cookies

It's probably evident from my previous posts that my main love in baking is cupcakes, but I'm determined to branch away from that and try out different recipes and styles of baking. I remember as a kid using those box mixture you could by from the supermarkets to make cookies and brownies, of course as the years went on I stopped using those and making them from scratch instead. So, as part of this nostalgic look back I've got a really simple, quick and easy cookie recipe for you.

Here's what you need to do:

150g salted butter

80g light brown sugar

80g granulated sugar

2tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

225g plain flour

1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/4tsp salt

200g plain chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 190C and line two baking trays with grease proof paper.
2. Beat the sugars and butter until creamy, then slowly beat in the vanilla and egg. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt into the mixture and mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips.
3. Using a teaspoon, or I prefer an ice cream scoop, place small mounds of the cookie dough onto the trays. Make sure to leave space between each cookie as they will expand during the bake. 
4. Bake for around 10-25mins or golden brown around the edges and still soft in the middle. Once out of the oven, leave them on the tray for a couple of minutes to cool and firm up. Then transfer to a cooling rack.

I would say, go crazy with how much chocolate you put in but I found adding any extra becomes a little too much. Also, using an ice cream scoop to shape and place your cookies is so much easier and means equal sizing and no more messy hands! The great thing about the recipe is that you can easily substitute flavouring and ingredients to make different cookies. So give this recipe a go and feel free to suggest any types of cookies I should try out.

Enjoy

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