Chocolate Chip Cookies

So, last Sunday I had a bit of spare time to do some cooking, and, on the request of the boyfriend, I decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies. I don't often bake sweet things, having been on diet, for a long time they were ruled out, but now I'm not being so strict with myself, and I got some new baking equipment for Christmas (upcoming post!), I feel I can get a bit more into it.

The original recipe for these came from the Good Food website, but I changed it ever so slightly just to fit the ingredients I had at the time. The website is always one of the first places I go to if I'm looking to cook something new, I've always had good results with the recipes on there, and it's a good place to browse if you're looking for new ideas, which I frequently am.

I was a bit sceptical at first, as the cookies didn't contain any cocoa, I thought they might be a bit bland, but turns out I was wrong, they were pretty good and so, so easy to make. They maybe weren't as chewy as I wanted, but instead their texture reminded me a bit of a Viennese Whirl. It said there would be enough mix for 30, but needless to say I ended up with less than half that number of cookies, which seems to happen to me every time I make something like this? Anyway, there aren't many left now! The verdict was, and I quote, "they're far more Tesco's Finest than Maryland'. Maybe you'll only understand if you live in or have been to the UK, but that's a pretty good judgement by anyone's standard! 

Makes 12 cookies

Ingredients
150g softened butter (or margarine)
150g light brown soft sugar 
1 egg 
1 tsp vanilla essence 
300g plain flour 
1/2 tsp baking powder
200g chocolate chips (any mixture of milk, plain, white)   

Method
Preheat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas mark 5 and line a flat baking sheet with grease proof paper. Cream the butter and sugar together and then mix in the egg and vanilla essence. Mix in the flour, baking powder and then the chocolate chips, making sure to get an even spread through out mixture. Put dessert spoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking tray, leaving 2 cm between each one and bake for around 12 minutes, until slightly brown. Remove from oven and leave to cool. 

Original recipe can be found here