Chocolate chip cookies

Name: Chocolate chip cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 125 g butter, softened; 100 g light brown soft sugar; 75 g caster sugar (superfine sugar); 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 200 g plain flour (all-purpose flour); ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); ¼ tsp salt; 150 g milk or dark chocolate chips

15 min prep · 12 min cooking · serves 10

Golden cookies with crisp edges, soft middles and plenty of chocolate. The dough freezes well, so you can bake a few at a time.

30 minutes or less
Make ahead
Freezer friendly
Kid friendly
Crowd pleaser
Vegetarian
Snack
Dessert

Ingredients

125 g butter, softened
100 g light brown soft sugar
75 g caster sugar (superfine sugar)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
200 g plain flour (all-purpose flour)
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
¼ tsp salt
150 g milk or dark chocolate chips

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C / 350°F (160°C fan) and line two baking trays with baking paper.
Beat the butter and both sugars together for 2 to 3 minutes, until pale and creamy.
Beat in the egg and vanilla.
Stir in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt until just combined, then the chocolate chips.
Roll heaped tablespoons of dough into about 20 balls and space them 5 cm apart on the trays.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until golden at the edges but still soft in the middle.
Leave them on the trays for 5 minutes to firm up, then move them to a rack to cool.