Last year, when i first 'rekindled' my baking hobby, i made a birthday cake for one of my best friends. Another best friend of mine got wind of it and called me to 'request' for the same thing, but at that time she was in Sydney doing her Master. She has since graduated and back to S'pore. I did plan to bake a cake for her this year, but since i knew that my another friend had ordered a cake for her, i decided to make something else for her. After thinking through, cookie seems to be a good choice as gift, and HHB's chocolate chip cookies immediately came into mind.
Actually the cookies were made whilst i was waiting for my carrot milk loaf to proof. The timing of bread making and cookie making is just right, and there's no time wasted ;-) For the vanilla extract, instead of the normal one, i used Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean Paste which i recently ordered from Elyn. I like this vanilla extract as it's a close choice to the very-expensive vanilla bean pod, and i can still see the specks of vanilla beans!
Ingredients/ Method:
115g butter, softened
115g caster sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
175g plain flour
175g plain or semi-sweet chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 180degC. Line baking trays with parchment paper.
2. With a wooden spoon or electric mixer, cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until the mixture turns pale and fluffy.
3. Beat in the egg gradually. Mix well after each addition. Add in vanilla extract, mix well.
4. Sift the flour over the mixture, fold in with wooden spoon or a spatula. Fold in the chocolate chips.
5. Drop tablespoonfuls of the cookie dough onto the prepared baking tray. Leave some space between the cookies to allow for spreading. Flatten each cookie dough slightly with the back of a fork, keeping the shape as even as possible.
6. Bake for 10 mins or until golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
The cookies stay crispy even until today, but i find it a tad too sweet. Will reduce the amount of sugar the next time i baked it.
7 comments:
I believe that your friend will like the cookies. It's really good recipe!
Other than the sweetness, i like the freshness of home-made cookies ;-) Btw, my friend hasn't tell me anything yet.
Yes it's my bad, i didn't say anything until now. It is really nice, my sister, nephew and nieces were eating it non-stop and finished the whole bottle with in a few days. Yes i'm using your recipes to bake some cookie now for the children hehe.
Quippy
Wow u take so long to come to a conclusion, but nevermind, better late than never. Good that you all like it! Btw, how's the result of your cookies?
Hi, i've tried to bake this some almond cookies before but the cookies turn soft the next day. As for your chocolate cookies, you claimed that yours was still very crispy after a few days. I need yr advice :
My recipe is :
300g of butter
200g of sugar
2 eggs
370g of plain flour
20g of corn flour
30g of milk powder
50g of cocoa powder
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1/2 tsp of baking soda
50g of chocolate chips
Hi Baking Queen,
Sorry that I'm unable to advise why your cookies turn soft. I follow the recipe and it stay soft for a few days.
Cheers,
Hi Baking Queen,
I think this note is a bit too late, but there's a typo in my reply. I meant to say the cookies remain crispy for days. Opps :-p
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