Choc Chip Cookies

Method

• 1)

  Put oven on 170C fan bake.

• 2)

  Melt butter in oven or microwave.

• 3)

  Pour flour and baking powder into mixing bowl.

• 4)

  Break chocolate into rough chunks.

• 5)

  Into a separate mixing bowl, crack 1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk.

• 6)

  Add sugar to bowl with egg and mix. Wanting sugar to start dissolving into egg.

• 7)

  Add vanilla extract.

• 8)

  Pour now melted butter through the egg and sugar mix.

• 9)

  Give the egg, sugar and butter mix a good whisk.

• 10)

  Next fold the wet mixture (egg, sugar, butter mix) through the dry mixture (flour. Create well in center of flour and slowly add wet mixture through. Fold as you pour.

• 11)

  Add your chocolate and stir through.

• 12)

  If your mixture still seems a bit stiff, add another egg yolk and mix.

• 13)

  If you do not want to use all of your cookie dough now, you can roll into a lot, wrap in glad wrap and freeze. Then cut off as required.

• 14)

  Either weigh out portions of cookie dough (we did 70g per cookie) or spoon out approximate amount. Roll into a bowl then softly squish. Place on baking tray with baking paper.

• 15)

  Put in oven at 170C for 12 mins.

• 16)

  Sprinkle with salt flakes after cooked.

• 17)

  Leave to cool for at least 10 mins.