Chocolate Chip Cookies
Time of preparation: 20 Minutes
Time of cooking: 15 Minutes
Ingredients:
| Flour | 2 2/3 cups |
| Baking powder | 1 tea spoon |
| Butter (softened) | ½ cup |
| Sugar | 1 ¼ cup |
| Eggs (beaten) | 2 |
| Vanilla | 1 tea spoon |
| Salt | ½ tea spoon |
| Chocolate chips, semi-sweet | 1 cup |
Steps:
| 1. Preheat oven to 190 C. In a medium bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt. |
| 2. Using an electric or cake mixer, mix butter and sugar over medium speed until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla and mix at low speed for 15 seconds. |
| 3. Add flour mixture gradually and mix at low speed for 1 minute until well blended. |
| 4. Move dough to plastic bowl, add chocolate chips and mix with hands until chocolate chips are well spread in dough. |
| 5. Butter a baking sheet. Shape dough into round biscuits (4cm in diameter and 2 cm thick). Arrange biscuits on baking sheet. |
| 6. Bake for 10-15 minutes until biscuits edges turn golden. Don’t over bake. |
| 7. Take out of oven and leave to cool for 20 minutes before removing from baking sheet. |
| Tip: When arranging biscuits or cookies on a baking sheet leave 3 cm gap between them to give spaces for cookies to increase in volume during baking. |
