Chocolate Chip Cookies
My version of the classic American Toll House Cookies.
These were once sold along toll paths in the US.
Ingredients
- Butter - 1/2 cup; or 100gms at room temp.
- Brown Sugar - 1/3 cup
- White Sugar - 1/3 cup
- Egg - 1
- Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
- Flour - 1 1/4 cup
- baking soda - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - 1 /8 pinch
- Walnuts - 1/2 cup chopped
- Chocolate chips - 1/2 cup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190degC.
- Grease 2 baking trays.
- Sift flour + soda bicarbonate + salt 3 times. Keep aside.
- Beat butter + sugars + essence + egg in a bowl.
- Fold in dry ingredients including walnuts and chocolate chips.
- Drop teaspoonfuls onto the baking tray, allowing room for spreading...maximum 12 to a tray
- Press down slightly, mark with a fork, and add sprinkles if desired
- Bake approximately 12-15 minutes until light brown.
- Leave for 2 mins on the tray, and then remove to rack to cool.
- Makes approximately 2 dozen cookies
- Note: For chewy cookies bake approx. 12 mins till light brown.
- For crisper cookies, bake longer till darker in colour, but keep an eye so they don't brown too quickly.
- A handful of raisins can be added if desired.