Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

Perfect and simple... these classic chocolate chip cookies are just like the ones your grandma used to make (maybe even better!!).

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Course: sweet

Cuisine: Biscuits/Cookies

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Chilling time: 15

Total Time: 30

Servings: serves

Calories: 154kcal

Author: Lucy - Bake Play Smile

Equipment

Beaters, stand-mixer and Thermomix
Oven

Ingredients

150 g butter softened
80 g (⅓ cup) caster sugar
80 g (½ cup) brown sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla extract or essence
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp bi-carbonate soda
225 g (1 ½ cups) plain flour
220 g chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Line two large baking trays with greaseproof paper and set aside.
In a large bowl, beat the softened butter, caster sugar and brown sugar until pale and creamy.
Add the egg and vanilla extract and continue to beat until well combined. Add the salt.
Sift the bi-carb soda and plain flour over the top of the mixture and fold through.
Add the chocolate chips and stir through.
Place the dough into the fridge for 15 minutes (optional).
Roll into heaped teaspoon sized balls and place onto the prepared trays (leave a gap between each cookie to allow for spreading).
Cook for 8-10 minutes or until just lightly golden.
Allow to cool slightly on the baking trays before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Thermomix Recipe - click the link in the notes section below for my Thermomix Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.

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Notes

Recipe Tips

Thermomix Recipe - click here for my Thermomix Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.

Creaming the butter and sugars - you can use hand-held beaters, a stand-mixer or Thermomix to cream the butter. Alternatively you can cream the butter and sugars by hand using a wooden spoon.

Chocolate chips/bits - these can be bought from the baking section of any supermarket. I like to use milk chocolate chips/bits, however, you can replace them with dark or white chocolate, M&Ms, Smarties etc.

Chilling the dough - chilling the dough in the fridge before rolling into balls and baking allows time for the butter to solidify, which then helps the cookies to keep their shape when cooked as the butter slowly melts resulting in perfectly round and plump cookies. It's not 100% necessary but highly recommended.

Storing the cookies - store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days or freeze the baked cookies for up to 1 month.

Freezing cookie dough - this dough can be prepared ahead of time and frozen until needed. Roll the dough into a log shape and wrap in 2 layers of plastic wrap before freezing for up to 1 month.

Calories - There’s 154 calories in a standard-sized cookie (made from 1 large heaped teaspoon of dough).

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