Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

I find it absolutely catastrophic that since my website
launched 9 years ago, it has never featured a simple
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. I need the *shock/horror/hands
on cheeks* emoticon. Aaaaaaah!!!

The only other recipe I had added which is a distant cousin
of the choc chip cookie was an oatmeal
choc chip cookie recipe I found on my
travels to Bergville.

My boys and I make choc chip cookies all the time and I
always make a mental note that “I really should add
this to the website” – as you can tell, my mental
notes can go on for years.

Better late than never, right? Hee.

 

Now, Choc Chip Cookies as simple as they may sound, can be
tricky things to get right. Don’t get me wrong, they are easy
to make, but difficult to master. We want a cookie that is
crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, not too flat or
too puffy  or too hard or too cracked or too undercooked
or too overcooked or too greasy or too chewy. See, we can get
fussy about our choc chip cookies. But, those
things aside, you are going to learn how to make some
pretty perfect chocolate chip cookies right here!

The batter always tastes good and I continually have to shoo
away little hands attempting to sneak in another spoonful of
mixture. Okay I try and sneak a spoonful in to without
them seeing.

The cardinal rule of choc chip cookie making
is: Don’t overdo anything! Don’t overmix and
don’t overcook.

 

What I love most about choc chip cookies, besides eating the
batter and besides eating the cookies, is that the recipe can
be whipped up in less than 10 minutes and then you only have to
be separated from them for 10 or so minutes whilst they are in
the oven. So in 30 minutes you have completely constructed 12
discs of happiness to share (or not). Choc chip cookies are
also easy for kids to make – a perfect recipe to
introduce them to baking AND this recipe has less sugar than
most – as a mom of 3 boys, I am totally doing a fist pump at
that mere fact. The recipe also only makes 12 cookies so if you
are a family of 5 like us, that’s 2 each and 2 leftover for a
friend or neighbour (or mom and dad get another one each
mwhhaaaaa hah hah).

Allow the cookies  to cool for 20-30 minutes
before eating. This is key!! I know it’s tempting
and totally normal to want to have at least one as soon as
they come out the oven, but letting them cool makes the whole
chocolate chip eating experience so much better!

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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

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  Author:
  Louise
  


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  Prep
  Time: 10
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  Cook
  Time: 10
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  Total
  Time: 20
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  Yield:
  12 Cookies
  

Description

The best recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies ever –
crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. This
recipe makes 12 large cookies and has less sugar than
many choc chip cookie recipes without compromising on
taste.

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Ingredients

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 egg

2 tsp vanilla essence

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 cup chocolate chips

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Instructions

1. Pre-Heat oven to 180C.
   


2. Add both sugars to a bowl and pour the melted
   butter over. Using an electric mixer, mix for 3 minutes
   or so until creamy.
   


3. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until just
   combined, about 30 seconds
   


4. Fold in the flour, bicarb and salt and mix until
   just combined – don’t overmix
   


5. Press in the choc chip cookies by hand
   


6. Roll the dough into 12 balls and place on wax paper
   on a baking tray
   


7. Bake for 10-12 minutes, remove from oven and allow
   to cool for 20 minutes