My favourite choc-chip cookies

I’m sure every home baker, chocoholic, mom cookie lover (and the list goes on!) has their go-to choc-chip cookie recipe. Every baking blog has a recipe, Google delivers 8 million hits for the best/most amazing/ultimate choc-chip cookie, and now I’m going to deliver my two cents (or is that choc chips?) too!

I can’t tell you exactly what it is that makes these biscuits my absolute favourite, but I am seriously addicted (read: she eats 6 straight from the oven dunked in a jug of milk). They are crisp but not too crumbly and still have a bit of chew. The choc chips on the outside are crunchy and inside they are still a bit squidgy. The biscuit is sweet and the dark chocolate provides just the right amount of bitter. Mmm… it’s really just the perfect combination and so easy to make!

I would say the last about a week in an airtight container, but who has ever heard of cookies last that long???

You will need: 115g unsalted butter 200g light brown sugar 1 egg 2 tsp vanilla essence 200 g plain flour ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt 1 ½ tsp instant coffee powder 222g dark chocolate chips (I also love using half white and half dark)

Method:

1. Pre-heat over to 190°C.

2. Cream the butter and sugar.

3. Add the egg one spoonful at a time to prevent the butter mixture from curdling. Add the vanilla essence.

4. Sift together the remaining dry ingredients, including the coffee powder.

5. Stir the dry ingredients into the butter mixture.

6. Mix in the chocolate chips.

7. Roll into balls and place onto a greased baking sheet about 5cm apart (Be sure to grease your pan well, as the choc chips have a nasty habit of sticking to the pan. Alternatively use a Silpat or silicone paper). Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool for five minutes.

Makes 2 dozen.

Jeanine xxx

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