Chunky chocolate chip cookies

These chunky chocolate chip cookies are extremely tasty and smell amazing when they have just been baked.  You can store these in an airtight tin and still taste great the next day.

Chunky chocolate chip cookies

Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 12 minutes
Course Biscuits

Ingredients
  

  • 175 g self-raising flour
  • good pinch of bicarbonate of soda
  • 125 g salted butter, softened
  • 50 g caster sugar
  • 50 g light muscovado sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 egg
  • 175 g chocolate, roughly chopped

Optional

  • 75 g walnut or pecan pieces

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 190°c / gas 5. Grease 2 baking trays and set aside.
  • Put all the ingredients in a large bowl, except the chocolate and mix with an electric whisk until all combined.
  • Add the chocolate pieces and with a wooden spoon mix together.
  • Drop heaped teaspoons of the mixture onto the baking trays, spacing them apart as the mixture will spread.
  • Bake for 8-10mins until lightly colour and just firm.
  • Leave to cool on the trays for a few mins and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Store in an airtight container.