Choc chip cookies

Choc chip cookies are a tried and true family favourite biscuit. The tasty combination of the vanilla cookie dough with delicious chunks of chocolate make them a yummy snack any time of the day.

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makes: 24 | prep: 0:10 | cook 0:20

ingredients

• 125g butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 3/4 cups self-raising flour
• 150g milk choc chips

method

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• 1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Line three trays with baking paper and set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, sugar and vanilla.

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• 2. Add the egg and then flour and salt and combine.

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• 3. Stir in the chocolate chips.

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• 4. Roll into teaspoon-sized balls and place on prepared trays, leaving enough room for mixture to spread as it cooks. Bake for 8-12 minutes. Leave on the tray for a few minutes before continuing the cooling on wire racks.

notes

• These choc chip cookies are a great basic biscuit recipe that you can customise. Add nuts, use white chocolate chips or just sprinkle decorations on top. Make them your own!
• If you're not afraid of butter in baking, see how a little extra in this recipe for butter chocolate chip cookies makes them melt in the mouth.   
• Got a tin of condensed milk in the pantry? Use it in this yummy recipe for easy choc chip cookies.
• Cute! Check out this recipe for mini chocolate chip cookies. They are the perfect size for an afterschool snack with a glass of milk. Also see high fibre mini choc chip muffins.
• If your oven is on strike (cue, you need to clean it) try making chocolate chip cookies in the microwave. This recipe makes two cookies in just two minutes!
• To healthy up these biscuits, you could add some rolled oats to the mixture. Check out this recipe for choc chip and oatmeal cookies.
• Kids love these biscuits? Try making chocolate chip scones, double choc chip muffins, and for a twist on Sunday pancakes, try sprinkling some chocolate into the batter.
• This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, Australia's best