I remember the first time I had an American Style cookie. We were visiting friends in Texas and we had been to one of their big supermarkets. At the end of many of the aisles, there are people offering sample of various things. They even have mini cooking stations offering little pots of freshly cooked meat and fish for you to try. As a small person, I thought this was amazing, having your lunch in the supermarket while you were shopping! One of the samples was a piece of chocolate chip cookie. Soft and chewy, so different from a biscuit! At that time, you couldn't buy cookies like that in an British supermarket, in bags of 5 from the bakery section, like you can now.
This recipe will make you a good batch of 12 large American-style soft, chewy,chocolate chip cookies. It's pretty foolproof- I made a batch of 120 as favours for my wedding and they worked perfectly!
They will keep for 3-4 days after you have made them. You can also freeze them. You'll need to freeze them separately on a baking tray at first and then put them in freezer bags, or freeze them in batches, if you know you'll want to get 5 out at a time.
You could swap the choc chips out for crushed peanuts or fudge chunks or caramel chips if you prefer. A combination of nuts and chocolate is also nice in these soft cookies.
Ideally you need a cookie sheet for easy baking. I can recommend the Circulon ones: http://circulon.uk.com/circulon-bakeware-51187-baking-sheet.html
They also sell them at John Lewis and House of Fraser and there are cheaper versions at Asda and Sainsbury's which also work pretty well.
Make American Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
For a printable recipe card with full instructions, please go to the end of this post.
Mix the ingredients together until they form a stiff dough.
Spoon golf ball sized balls of dough onto the cookie sheet with a tablespoon, well-spaced out.
When baked and semi-cooled, transfer to a cooling rack.
Enjoy warm with ice-cream or keep in a tin for 3-4 days.
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American Style Chocolate Chip Cookies
American Style Choc Chip Cookies- big, soft, chewy cookies filled with chocolate chips. Quick and easy to make in batches of 12.
prep time: 15 minscook time: 12 minstotal time: 27 mins
ingredients:
- 100g unsalted butter, softened
- 100g caster sugar
- 100g light Muscavado sugar
- 200 plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch of salt
- 100g chocolate chips
instructions
1) Cream the butter and sugar until smooth.
2) Beat in the egg and the vanilla.
3) Sieve in the flour and baking powder and add the salt. Mix until you have quite a stiff dough.
4) Mix in the choc chips or alternative until they are well distributed.
5) Put greaseproof paper on a cookie sheet (I usually don't bother as they don't seem to stick to mine).
6) Spoon balls of cookie dough onto the sheet with a tablespoon. Leave large gaps between them, as they will spread quite far when cooking. I wouldn't do more than 5 at a time.
7) Cook for 10-12 mins at 180 (160 fan), Gas mark 4. They should be soft in the middle and crunchy at the edges when done. They may appear to puff up but they will flatten when taken out.
8) Leave them to cool for a couple of minutes or they will wrinkle when you try to remove them. Then use a spatula to gently lift them and put them on a cooling rack. (You'll want to try one warm, they are very tempting!)
NOTES:
Use whatever your favourite chocolate chip is- white, milk or dark. You could swap the choc chips out for crushed peanuts or fudge chunks or caramel chips if you prefer. A combination of nuts and chocolate is also nice.
calories
215
215
fat (grams)
9
9
sat. fat (grams)
6
6
carbs (grams)
30
30
protein (grams)
3
3
sugar (grams)
11
11
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