Chocolate Chip Cookies (Cookie Recipes)

Member Name: becky92

Product:	Cookie Recipes
Date:	08/03/09 (308 review reads)
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Advantages: Fills the kitchen with a delicious smell...

Disadvantages: Fatty and will be gone within minutes!

This is a fairly basic chocolate chip cookie recipe, but to be honest, sometimes simple is best. The recipe takes about 10 minutes to prepare, and then 10-15 minutes to cook, so it's very quick, and good if you need something quickly or last minute.

These cookies really are crowd pleasers; whether selling them at a charity cake sale, or just handing them out (if you're just a really nice person!) you can guarantee that you will never be left with any to take back home.

The cookies themselves are moist and soft, and not over sickly, which I think is important as I don't like things which are too sweet. As you bite into it, you are rewarded with a lovely chocolaty taste as you encounter the chocolate chips spread throughout the cookie. If you mix the cookie dough well enough, the chips should spread evenly throughout the cookie, so you get some with every mouthful, which is heavenly!

You can make this using whatever kind of chocolate chips you want; I usually use white chocolate chunks, as I prefer them to the milk chocolate ones, but both are nice, and mixing the two together is lovely too. I've never tried using dark chocolate chips, as I don't like dark chocolate that much, but I would imagine that they would work very well, especially if you like something less sickly than white or milk chocolate. You can also add other things, for example dried cranberries with the white chocolate chips, or nuts of some kind. Adding extras like these not only create an interesting flavour, but also give the cookies more texture, if you like something with a bit more of a bite.

So, the recipe:

Ingredients:
8oz soft cooking margarine
8oz caster sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 lb plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
2 packs chocolate chips

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 200°C.
Mix the margarine, sugar and syrup in a bowl.
Add the flour, baking powder and chocolate chips, and mix thoroughly.
Form into balls, place on a baking tray and press down lightly.
Bake in oven for 10-15 minutes, until golden brown.
Once cooked, place on a cooling rack until cool.

I love eating these cookies while they're still warm, as they're very soft and lovely. As they cool they do harden, but not excessively and they'll keep for a few days, not that they're ever around for that long...

You can also keep the dough in the fridge, and cook it later, so you can have a constant supply of freshly baked cookies!

This recipe will make quite a lot of cookies, depending on how big you like them. I usually make mine quite small, so usually get around 25 cookies from one batch.

Enjoy the cookies!

Summary: Hot chocolate and a chocolate chip cookie. What could be better?