Chewy Chocolate Chips Cookies

These are Eddy Halmagyi’s recipe from Better Homes and Gardens’ Better Basics magazine. I needed some cookies to share for playgroup today. They turn out flatter than I expected and way too sweet to be honest. I’d reduce the amount of butter and sugar next time. It gets crispier if you leave it in the oven for a few minutes longer.

Ingredients

250g unsalted butter, softened

110g caster sugar

180g dark brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

350g plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

100g dark chocolate chips or chocolate broken into chunks

100g white chocolate chips or chocolate broken into chunks

150g roughly chopped nuts

Method:

1.          Preheat oven to 180C. Line oven trays with baking paper.

2.          Cream butter and sugar until light and creamy.

3.          Add vanilla and eggs. Beat until smooth.

4.          Sift flour and bicarb into butter mixture. Do not overmix.

5.          Fold in chocolate and nuts.

6.          Roll tablespoons of dough into balls and put on trays. Press flat.

7.          Bake for 12-14 minutes or until just set. Cool completely on wire racks.