"In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips" Fancy some chocolate chip cookies, that are crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside? How about the best chocolate chip cookies in the world? This chocolate cookie recipe is so easy to make and yet so yummy! There are easy step by step instructions to guide you, with pictures too. You just have to try it for yourself!!
Our son (11 years old) had just returned to school after his holidays. Just before the holidays he was told by the school he would need to do a talk (presentation in school) on one of his favourite authors. He chose Roald Dahl and had all slides ready. On his first day back at school he was told his talk will be on Monday (a week from today) and oh,yeh he would be the first child presenting!
He had completed most of his slides in the holidays so after school each day, he added the last few ouches. It had to be 7 minutes long or you have to do it again. He practiced for a whole day on Sunday! Yes, a whole day and was nervous as he was going to be the first child presenting in his class so the pressure was on!
His talk I have to say was sounding pretty good, it had humour in it and a lot of interesting facts about how Roald Dahl had a hard childhood and that was the reason why some of his books reflect the adults as being unkind to the young ones (like Matilda). He wanted to follow the rules set by the school, one of which was for the audience to have something that can be passed around to leave a lasting impression.
As his topic was Roald Dahl, he was going to include ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and to make it memorable for the audience he wanted to take in some chocolate cookies. So he spent some time searching for the recipe and then came into the kitchen shouting, Mum, I have found ‘the best chocolate cookies recipe ever’. This was from Angela's site, which did sound perfect, with some slight changes. I dedicate this amended version of the recipe to you, Angela!
In case you wondering how did it go at school you will have to read on…. In the meantime, here is my version of the recipe:
The best chocolate cookies ever:
Ingredients - see pictures below for visual information:
300g plain (all-purpose) flour1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
1 teaspoon fine salt
170g unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
215g light brown sugar (I used damerera, dark brown sugar can be used too)
120g granulated white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
150g milk chocolate chips (plain chocolate chips can be used too)
Note: I used half unsalted butter and half salted, as this is what I had available. I also reduced the salt to ½ teaspoon which worked perfectly. The original recipe states to use 300g chocolate chips, this is your choice, I found 150gms to work well as otherwise it could to be too sweet.
Recipe:
1. Sift together flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Set aside.
2. Stir together melted butter, brown sugar, sugar and vanilla. Add egg, then the yolk. Beat well to ensure that egg is evenly distributed.
3. Stir in dry ingredients, then fold in chocolate chips until incorporated. If using 300gms chocolate chips, it will look as if there are too many chocolate chips but the dough will be able to hold them all.
4. Cover with cling film and chill dough until firm. At least 30 minutes.
5. Preheat the oven to 190C/Gas Mark 5.
6. Drop 1/4 cup sized "hockey puck shaped" mounds of dough onto a greased baking sheet. You can use a baking sheet instead of greasing which works very well. You could use a 1/4 measuring cup to both measure and shape the dough which works perfectly. I guessed about ¼ cup size and rolled into a golf ball size and shape, then slightly flattened them. This amount of dough should make over 15, I made 19, as per the cookies tower picture J
7. Bake in preheated oven for approximately 10-12 minutes or only until the edges begin to turn golden. (They'll look and feel underdone but they're ready.)
8. Cool on the sheet for 1 minute and remove with a wide spatula to a cooling rack. Cool thoroughly and enjoy!
Tips:
- At stage 3 of this recipe; the dough may look a little too sloppy for a proper cookies’ dough, it is meant to be this way. Refrigerating it makes it lovely and firm.
- If you do not want all the cookies in one go, the dough can be refrigerated or frozen until required. Although, it would be best to defrost the dough before using. This way you could have yummy hot cookies when you want! Very impressive too when you have unexpected guests to suddenly have a batch of hot cookies with their tea.
The cookies were perfect, as you can see in the pictures. They were a real hit at the presentation and the presentation itself, well the teacher left a note in his homework diary that read (copied from his diary):
Your son’s talk was FABULOUS!
He talked clearly, with expression and left the whole class entertained.
He should feel very proud of himself! :)
Signed by the teacher
The school was happy, our son was happy and oh yes the children in his class were very happy, with the cookies. I had the parent’s ringing me for the recipe so I was happy too :)
I made these again at home for friends who were coming over for tea, all 4 families! I served Spicy Fillo Parcels and some hot Chocolate Cookies, with some Indian basil tea, which was the perfect accompaniment for the cookies. They went down a treat!
Create and Enjoy with us too!!! The recipe for the Spicy Fillo Parcels and Indian basil tea, are available on my site too.
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins
Easy/Hard to make: Easy to Medium
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