Chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

For 16 portions

• 🧈 8 Tbsp butter
• 🍚 100g brown sugar
• 🍚 75g sugar
• 🍳 1 medium egg
• 🥄 1 Tsp vanilla extract
• 🌾 225g flour
• 🧂 0.5 Tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 🍫 150g chocolate chips

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (fan 160 °C). Line two baking trays with baking paper.
2. Beat the softened butter with the brown sugar and white sugar until pale and creamy (2–3 minutes).
3. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract until well combined.
4. Mix the flour and bicarbonate of soda, then fold into the butter mixture until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Scoop heaped tablespoons of dough onto the trays, spacing them well apart (they will spread). Flatten slightly with the back of a spoon if you prefer thinner cookies.
6. Bake for 10–12 minutes until the edges are golden and the centres still look slightly soft. Leave on the trays for 5 minutes to firm up, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.