Chewy Chocolate-Chip Cookies
For a versatile, delicious and incredibly easy chocolate-chip cookie recipe, it's hard to go past this Fresh Ideas favourite.
Ingredients
- 150g salted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 free range egg
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
- 200g milk chocolate, roughly chopped
Method
- Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.
- Using an electric hand-mixer, beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until creamy. Add vanilla and egg, and beat until just combined.
- Sift flour and bicarbonate of soda over butter mixture. Add salt. Using a spatula, fold mixture until just combined.
- Add chocolate and mix until combined. (See cooking tip.) Using 2 tbs of dough at a time, roll mixture into 12 balls. Place balls 5cm apart on prepared trays. Bake, in batches, for 12 minutes or until golden. Stand on trays for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool. Serve.
Swap tip:
You can choose your adventure with these cookies. If chocolate is not your thing, consider adding other bits to these cookies, such as pretzels, toffee chews, jam and peanuts, marshmallows, freeze-dried strawberries or white chocolate.
