Chocolate chip cookies

Do you like soft and delicious cookies? Did you try hundreds of different recipes? I did, but none of them came out perfect/delicious/soft; And you still didn't give up? Look no further. I have a perfect cookie recipe for you.

Are you wondering what makes cookies soft and chewy? Brown sugar makes cookies moist and soft, white sugar makes cookies crispier. It is important to use combination of both sugars.

This is one of the most famous cookie recipes, but many people make the same mistake while baking – they overbake cookies. When you keep cookies in the oven for too long, they just become dry.

Our advice is to stick to recommended baking time. When you take cookies out of the oven, they look like a mouse e.g. they look like they need few more minutes in the oven. Don’t let cookies to fool you. They are actually ready and baked through. Don’t remove cookies from the baking sheet – just slide the baking sheet with cookies on the counter and let them cool.

Whether you keep your little masterpiece in a zip lock bag or reusable container it is good to be completely airtight. Remember, air is the enemy of cookies and it will dry them out.  

makes 12 cookies

Ingredients

115 grams salted butter (if you don’ have salted butter, use regular butter and add an extra ½ teaspoon of salt) – softened to room temperature

110g caster

40g light brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 egg

190g all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

110g chocolate chips + 20 - 30g for decorating  

Direction

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.

1. Using a mixer, beat the soft butter with the sugars until creamy. Add the salt only if you don’t have salted butter.

2. Add the vanilla and the egg, beat on low speed until just incorporated – around 20 seconds or so (do not overbeat an egg, otherwise cookies will be hard).

3. Add the flour and baking soda. Mix well.

4. Add the chocolate chips and incorporate with spatula.

5. Split the dough to 12 parts and make balls.

6. Dip cookie balls in chocolate chips on the top of each ball.

You can also make really big cookies by splitting the dough into 9 pieces. Be careful to leave enough room on a baking sheet for your big cookies. Bake for 9-11 minutes until the cookies look baked from the outside.

WARNING: You might have a feeling that cookies are not baked, but take them out anyway.

Let them cool for a few minutes and enjoy.

Warm cookies are the best treat :)