Chocolate chip cookies
Edd Kimber, winner of the first-ever Bake Off, says: “Crispy edges, chewy centres and plenty of chocolate... These cookies are perfection. I keep things pretty classic, but my recipe ups the quantity of brown sugar for more caramel-like notes and adds an extra egg yolk for a richer, fudgier dough. I also prefer to use a roughly chopped bar of good-quality milk chocolate (rather than classic chocolate chips), so you get different textures with every bite. Make sure to rest the dough in the fridge before baking: this helps the cookies to keep their shape and allows them time to develop a deeper flavour.”
- Makes10
- CourseDessert
- Prepare20 mins
- Cook20 mins
- Total time40 mins
- Pluschilling + cooling
Ingredients
- 225g plain flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ½ tsp sea salt flakes, plus extra to sprinkle
- 120g unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 125g light brown muscovado sugar
- 50g caster sugar
- 2 eggs, 1 whole, 1 yolk
- 150g milk chocolate, roughly chopped
Method
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and sea salt flakes; set aside.
Put the butter in a second bowl with both sugars. Mix together to combine (don’t worry if the mixture looks separated at this stage). Add the egg and yolk, then whisk until the mixture is smooth and fully combined. Tip in the flour mixture and stir to form a soft cookie dough. Add the chocolate and mix briefly just until evenly distributed (don’t worry if the dough seems quite loose). Cover and chill for 1-2 hours to firm up.
Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment. Divide the dough into 10 even-sized portions and roll into balls. Put the balls on the prepared trays and chill for 1 hour (if you haven’t much fridge space, put them all on 1 baking tray in the fridge, then spread them out between 2 trays after chilling).
When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Sprinkle each cookie with some extra sea salt flakes. Bake for 15-16 minutes or until the cookies are golden around the outside but still a touch paler in the centre. Remove and set aside to cool on the trays for about 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Nutritional
Typical values per item when made using specific products in recipe
Energy | 1,392kJ/ 332kcals |
|---|---|
Fat | 16g |
Saturated Fat | 9.5g |
Carbohydrates | 42g |
Sugars | 25g |
Fibre | 1.3g |
Protein | 4.5g |
Salt | 0.5g |