CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

 

Loaded with chocolate chips , this baked goody is a must try recipe. The cookie dough is made using standard ingredients: flour, sugar, egg, butter and vanilla. Using cornflour makes the cookies soft and chewy. The melted butter gives it a toffee like taste . There are hundreds of recipes in the internet , here is my version of chewy chocolate chip cookies.

 

INGREDIENTS

 

1. Butter - 1/2 cup (113g)
2. Vanilla essence - 1/2 Teaspoon 
3. Sugae - 1/2 cup
4. Egg - 1
5. Egg yolk - 1
6. Maida - 1 1/4 cup (150g)
7. Cornflour - 1 Tablespoon (12g)
8. Baking soda  - 1/2 Teaspoon (2.5g)
9. Chocolate chips - 1/2 cup (88g)
10. Sea salt - 1 pinch

 

METHOD

 

Heat a pan and melt half cup of  a butter. You can use either salted or unsalted butter. As the butter melts it starts foaming , cook until butter changes colour to brown. Browning the butter gives a nice color to the cookies.

 

 

Switch off the flame and transfer the melted butter into a bowl and let it cool completely.

 

To the cooled butter , add half cup of sugar and blend well using a hand whisk or an electric blender . To this add an egg and an egg yolk and blend until creamy. Adding another egg yolk gives chewy texture to the cookies.

 Sift in maida , cornflour and baking soda.

 

 

Add vanilla essence and fold into the mixture.

 

 

Add chocolate chip to the dough and fold into the dough.

 

Scoop out the batter using a icescooper to get even sized cookies. place them on baking tray lined with parchment paper. Chill the dough for an hour or overnight before baking. 

 

Preheat the oven . Bake them @ 180 degree Celsius for 12 to 15 minutes. 

 Keep the dough with distance from each other while baking , as they spread while baking.

 Add a spinkle of sea salt while the cookies are still hot. 

 

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