Chocolate Chip Cookies

METHOD:

STEP 1. For the dough

PUT the butter and sugars into a bowl;

BEAT until creamy;

BEAT in the vanilla extract and egg;

SIEVE the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt over the mixture;

MIX in with a wooden spoon;

ADD the chocolate chips;

STIR well.

STEP 2. For cooking

LINE two baking trays with non-stick baking paper.

Using a teaspoon:

PLACE small mounds of the mixture well apart on the baking trays;

PREHEAT the oven to 190^oC (170^oC fan/gas 5);

BAKE in the oven for 8–10 mins until light brown on the edges and still slightly soft in the centre.

STEP 3. To cool the biscuits

LEAVE on the tray for a couple of minutes to firm up;

TRANSFER to a cooling rack.