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Recipe of the Week: Chocolate Chip Cookies to die for

Probably not the best time of the year to be giving out recipes of cookies and sweet treat with everyone new years resolutions of eating healthy.

This recipe is a very basic, simple, yet delicious cookie recipe.

An easy and fun recipe for kids who love to get stuck into baking.

Ingredients: 
  • 110g Butter
  • 50g Caster sugar
  • 50g Soft brown sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • Vanilla Essence
  • 150g Flour
  • 1 Teaspoon baking powder
  • 100g Porridge oats
  • 110g Dark chocolate chopped
  • 110g White chocolate
Method:
  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees
  • In a food mixer, or hand held mixer mix the butter, add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
  • Add the beaten egg and vanilla essence.
  • Sieve the flour and baking powder and fold into the mixture.
  • Add the chocolate and mix through, and then porridge oats.
  • On a tray with parchment paper spoon the cookie dough on the tray and place each spoon of dough evenly on the tray.
  • Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes or untill slightly golden in colour.
  • Using a palette knife place cookies on a wire tray to cool down.

If you want you can add some melted chocolate to the cookies once they cooked and have cooled down.

This recipe is great to try out and mix it up with ingriedients to your preference.Adding some nuts, and dried fruit is another great addition to it.

The cookie dough will also keep well in the fridge for a few days if  it doesnt suit to cook them straight away.

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