Raise your hand if you love cookies! ?♀️
Sometimes I ask myself how did I live without them for 23 years? Yes 23 years guys! I have tasted them for the first time when I moved to Scotland. I had never seen cookies before because in Italy we only have the classic biscotti. They are crunchy, dry, and it’s a completely different story!
I still remember that I bought cookies for the first time from Millies at Glasgow Central Station. A simple chewy, buttery soft disc that sparked so much joy in my eyes at the first bite.
Of course then, I wanted to find out how to replicate them and I found a very good recipe online.
It’s very simple to make them, in fact if I had to teach someone how to bake, I would definitely start with a cookie recipe! I suggest to make them with your kids, it’s so much fun!
This is also one of those things that I would bake to make someone happy. I remember a few years ago I had a sudden call from a dear friend of mine, who was going through some tough time. I was working from home at the time and so I grabbed my laptop and all the cookies ingredients and I went straight to her house. When I arrived there we made cookies together! ? I truly believe that baking it’s therapeutic and in fact it is the first thing I would do to cheer someone up!
Heat the oven to 180°C and line some parchment paper on 2 baking trays.
Add butter and the two types of sugar to the mixer and beat for 5 minutes until the butter becomes fluffy.
Add the egg and the vanilla and mix until the egg is well incorporated.
Sift in the flour with the baking powder and salt, and mix it at low speed or with a wooden spoon until the flour is absorbed.
Now add the chocolate chips to the cookie dough and mix with your hand or with a wooden spoon.
Roll the dough into balls. You can use an ice cream scoop so you have each ball of the same size. I normally use a tablespoon and then I roll the dough in my hands. Normally I get 21 balls of 40g each.
Place the balls on the baking tray and make sure they are well apart.
Bake for 7 minutes if you like them soft and gooey, or bake them for 10 minutes if you like them to be more crispy and golden. (If you go for the first option the cookies will look kind of raw, don't worry! As soon as they will start to cool down they will harden up)
Leave them to cool on the tray for 5 minutes and then transfer them on a cooling rack for at least 15/20 minutes. Taste your cookies when still warm!
Instead of using chocolate chips, I prefer to use a good quality chocolate bar. I am very picky with chocolate quality and therefore I buy a very good brand of chocolate and then cut it in chunks. Your cookies will definitely have much more flavour! I usually find the chocolate chips to have a very low content of cocoa solids, therefore if I want to go for a dark chocolate cookies I would rather use a 70% dark chocolate bar.
Ingredients
Directions
Heat the oven to 180°C and line some parchment paper on 2 baking trays.
Add butter and the two types of sugar to the mixer and beat for 5 minutes until the butter becomes fluffy.
Add the egg and the vanilla and mix until the egg is well incorporated.
Sift in the flour with the baking powder and salt, and mix it at low speed or with a wooden spoon until the flour is absorbed.
Now add the chocolate chips to the cookie dough and mix with your hand or with a wooden spoon.
Roll the dough into balls. You can use an ice cream scoop so you have each ball of the same size. I normally use a tablespoon and then I roll the dough in my hands. Normally I get 21 balls of 40g each.
Place the balls on the baking tray and make sure they are well apart.
Bake for 7 minutes if you like them soft and gooey, or bake them for 10 minutes if you like them to be more crispy and golden. (If you go for the first option the cookies will look kind of raw, don't worry! As soon as they will start to cool down they will harden up)
Leave them to cool on the tray for 5 minutes and then transfer them on a cooling rack for at least 15/20 minutes. Taste your cookies when still warm!
Instead of using chocolate chips, I prefer to use a good quality chocolate bar. I am very picky with chocolate quality and therefore I buy a very good brand of chocolate and then cut it in chunks. Your cookies will definitely have much more flavour! I usually find the chocolate chips to have a very low content of cocoa solids, therefore if I want to go for a dark chocolate cookies I would rather use a 70% dark chocolate bar.
They look great!! I’m definitely going to try this!!!