Chocolate-chip cookies
PREP + COOK TIME 30 MINS (+ cooling) MAKES 44
250g butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¾ cup
(165g) caster sugar
¾ cup (165g) brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg
2¼ cups (335g) plain flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
375g dark chocolate melts, coarsely chopped
1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease three oven trays; line with baking paper.
2 Beat butter, vanilla, both sugars and egg in a small bowl with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and stir in sifted flour and soda, in two batches, until mixture is smooth. Stir in chocolate.
3 Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls and place 5cm apart on trays.
4 For a chewier cookie, bake for 12 minutes or 14 minutes for golden and crisp. Cool on trays.
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This story is from the July 26, 2021 edition of New Zealand Woman's Weekly.
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