Chocolate Chip Cookies
Perfect chewy chocolate chip cookies with walnuts are a favourite for any age, any time. A great treat for your mid-morning coffee, or afternoon tea. And a lunch box favourite!
Equipment
- 1 Electric Mixer Don't worry if you don't have one of these. We can do the mixing by hand
- Electronic digital scales
- Baking Tray parchment
Ingredients
- 315 grams All purpose flour [ 1 1/2 cups]
- ¼ teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda Baking Soda
- 125 grams Unsalted Butter [ 4.4 ounces] Room temperature
- 65 grams Granulated Sugar [1/3 cup]
- 125 grams Soft brown sugar [4.4 ounces]
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
- 2 Large Eggs
- 250 grams Semisweet Chocolate chips [ 1 1/4 cup] at least 70% cocoa
- 75 grams Crushed Walnuts [ 2 1/2 ounces] Optional
Instructions
- Preheat the over to 180c [355F]. Line a baking sheet with parchment. Gather and weigh your ingredients
- Sift together the flour and the bicarb
- In the bowl of the electric mixer fitted with a paddle, cream the butter with both the sugars; beat on medium speed until the colour goes lighter and the mix is fluffy- about 1 minute [Note 1]
- Reduce the speed and add the salt, vanilla and eggs and mix well
- Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined
- Add the chocolate chips and the nuts
- Drop heaping balls of dough about 4-5 cm apart on the lined baking sheet [Note 2]
- Bake until cookies are golden around the edges, but still a little soft in the middle. [Note 3]
- Remove from the oven and let sit on the baking sheet for few minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool thoroughly
- Store in an airtight container for up to a week. Also freezes very well
Notes
Note 1. If you don't have the stand mixer with a paddle, you can use a hand mixer for steps 3 & 4. The mix will be very stiff, so you will need to use your hands to mix the last steps, 5 & 6. Don't over mix this, it just needs to be mixed through.
Note 2. About 2 inches - I use an ice cream scoop to keep the cookies uniform in size
Note 3. For my oven, 14 minutes is spot on