Vintage chocolate chip cookies

12345(159 ratings)
By Valerie Barrett Magazine subscription
5 issues for 5
PREP: 15 MINS
COOK: 10 MINS
EASY
MAKES 30
A retro recipe for chocolate-studded biscuits with a soft squidgy middle - make
plenty as they're guaranteed to be a hit!
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Nutrition: per cookie
kcal
121
fat
6.3g
saturates
3.8g
carbs
14.7g
sugars
9.5g
fibre
0.5g
protein
1.3g
salt
0.2g
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Ingredients
150g salted butter, softened
80g light brown muscovado sugar
80g granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
225g plain flour
tsp bicarbonate of soda
tsp salt
200g plain chocolate chip or chunks
Method
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Preheat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line two baking trays with non-stick ba
king paper.
Put the butter and sugars into a bowl and beat until creamy. Beat in the vanilla
extract and egg. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt over the mixture
and mix in with a wooden spoon. Add the chocolate chips and stir well.
Using a teaspoon, place small mounds of the mixture well apart on the baking tra
ys. Bake in the oven for 8 10 mins until light brown on the edges and still slight
ly soft in the centre.
Leave on the tray for a couple of minutes to firm up and then transfer to a cool
ing rack.
Recipe from bbcgoodfood.com, July 2012
BBC GoodFood Magazine
Tip
Freezing the biscuits
If you ve frozen the biscuits, take them out and arrange them on a lined baking sh
eet. Once defrosted, pop them in a medium oven 190C/ 170 fan/ gas mark 5 and hea
t for 2 - 3 mins to crisp up. Don t leave them too long or they ll dry out.

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CaraFord
20th Jan, 2017
5.05
Ok so these are really yummy but extremely sugary which isn't good for most of u
s! I've been experimenting with adding less sugar because I think it will be bet
ter for my children and me and you'll be inclined to want to eat less. I actuall
y reduced brown sugar down to 20g and white sugar down to 20g and instead of cho
colate chips, I used 70% cocoa chocolate cut up. They're still really nice like
this, they just won't send your blood sugars rocketing.
Torajane

28th Dec, 2016

5.05
Can't fault this recipe at all. Easy to follow, great rusults. I won't be buying
cookies again!
tartybaker123
17th Nov, 2016
WOW, YUMMY, YUMMY Made these today, so easy. I did not have salted butter, so us
ed unsalted (no problem at all) Having read the other reviews about sweetness, I
reduced the granulated sugar from 80g to 60, this turned out to be a perfect co
mbination. I used 224g of Cadbury's milk chocolate cut into good size chunks. I
made them slightly larger, got 24 instead of the 30. I rolled them into balls an
d slightly flattened them. I then, put them in the fridge for at least 30 minute
s, this helps to keep their shape without them spreading out of shape. Cooked fo
r 13 minutes in batches. Nothing short of perfect, beautifully crisp on the outs
ide, superb on the inside, and beautifully flavoured. Will def make again, and d
o some different fillings as well. They have almost gone after just a few hours,
everybody loves them.
Livvvdh
15th Nov, 2016
5.05
BEST COOKIE RECIPE EVER! I have been making all kinds of cookies for years but t
his recipe WINS! For once in my life, i had exactly the right ingredients and th
is recipe turned out even better than the reviews! Once you have made them, ther
e will be no going back!
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Rowane5
8th Nov, 2016
5.05
These were amazing! I used 50g of granulated sugar instead of 80g and I used a m
ix of milk and dark chocolate chunks. Best homemade cookies I've ever had
PermyWirly
20th Oct, 2016
Made these with my 5 year old today. We ate them warm with creme fraiche........
..really delicious. I reduced to granulated sugar by 40 grams and cooked them fo
r 11 minute. Will making them again.....a lot!!!!!!!
BelgianEmilie
15th Oct, 2016
5.05
Great recipe! I used whole rice flour instead of regular flour because I'm glute
n intolerant and it worked well. Next time I'll reduce the amount of sugar by a
third, though. But it's very good anyway. I had to stop myself from eating the d
ough before I put the cookies in the oven! :-)
msharon
4th Oct, 2016
Gorgeous...best cookies I have ever made!!
justina.g
2nd Oct, 2016
5.05
Best cookies. There were gone the same withing hours of cooking. Taste so nice a
nd so easy to make (especially for someone like me who isn't great at baking).
Acx
25th Sep, 2016
3.8
Far too sweet for my liking, dough was very sticky, followed the recipe exactly
and found them a bit greasy! Would cut down the sugar and butter next time.