Recipe: Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies.

You can have Chocolate Chip Cookies using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Chip Cookies

1. Prepare 125 g of butter (soft).
2. Prepare 100 g of caster sugar.
3. Prepare 100 g of soft dark brown sugar.
4. You need 1 of large egg.
5. Prepare 220 g of plain flour.
6. You need 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
7. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
8. You need 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda.
9. It's 100 g of dark chocolate (either chips or your favourite bar chopped).
10. You need 75-100 g of chopped pecans or walnuts (optional).

Chocolate Chip Cookies step by step

1. Heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Put the butter and sugars into a bowl and beat until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in the egg.
4. Sift the dry ingredients into the bowl, add the chocolate chips and nuts (if using).
5. Mix to a stiff dough.
6. Using a heaped tablespoon as a measure roll the dough into balls then arrange on two large non-stick baking sheets. Flatten them slightly with your fingers and leave enough space for them to spread..
7. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
8. Let cool for 3-5 minutes on the trays to firm up slightly and then transfer to a wire rake to cool.
9. If you can resist eating them all, store in an airtight container for up to 5 days or freeze for up to a month.