The smell of home baked cookies is possibly one of the most alluring smells that can waft from any kitchen. Good cookies are super easy to bake and I like mine best with a crisp outer layer and that warm cookie-goo in the centre. The recipe below makes about 21 cookies and they hold up pretty well too when stored in an air tight cookie jar, or in my case, a cake tin.
You Will Need:
- 125g softened butter
- 100g soft, light, brown sugar
- 125g caster sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 225g self-raising flour
- A dash of salt
- 200g chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate)
What You Need To Do:
- Preheat your oven to 180°C or gas mark 4.
- Line a baking tray or two with grease proof/parchment paper. Do not grease this paper.
- When the oven is heating up, get your butter and both sugars creamed together in a mixing bowl. I refuse to use a food processor for this type of cooking (cakes and cookies etc, as I feel prouder of the result after putting in some elbow grease!)
- Once creamed together, add the egg and vanilla into the mixture and combine.
- Sift in the flour and salt and continue to stir. This is the part where you might wish you used a food processor but push through – it is worth it!
- Add the chocolate chips into the cookie dough.
To splat or to roll, that is the question - Use a spoon to scoop up walnut size balls and splat them on to your lined baking tray.
- I could not decide whether to splat or roll this time so I tried both. I prefer splatting as it makes the biscuits more ‘cookie’ like on the top when baked.
- Put the cookies in the oven for 7-9 minutes until they are just starting to harden and go golden around the edges.
- Take the cookies out of the oven and leave them to harden up for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack or plate.
TIP
Cookies will often only harden when they are out of the oven and should not be cooked until they are completely hard. You will be waiting a while and the cookies will not taste good!
I would really like to try triple chocolate cookies next or maybe shortbread. What are your favourite biscuits to make?
Ellies London 
Ellie also makes THE best Victoria sandwich cake I have ever tasted. Truly.
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Haha thank you for this. I need to get my hands on the red velvet recipe you have – I want to try my hand at RV cake! It’s been yonks since I made a cake! x
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I love chocolate chip cookies! I’ve not made them in ages though!
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Me too! They are like my go to for a sweet treat to have in the house (at least for a few days!) I want to try making shortbread or ginger snaps again as it has been forever!
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Yum – those look like excellent cookies! My favorite type of cookie is pumpkin chocolate chip, but I might need to try out this recipe soon!
Jenna ♥
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Thank you! They are so good and super easy to make. I want to try ginger snaps and some shortbread recipes I have seen online – I also want to get cracking with a red velvet cake or something! Thank you for reading ♥
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Those cookies are so amazing. Let’s make them again. And yeah splats look better than rolls 🍪
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Well I was busy splatting and someoneeee was rolling!! I think we need to make them again and put more chocolate chips – maybe mix the milk chocolate with the white chocolate or chocolate orange!!
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A cookie hand a cuppa perfect way to while away the afternoon……🙃🙃🙃
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That sounds pretty perfect to me to be fair, sitting by the window with my notebook and my ideas.
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Ooh these look and sound delicious! My favourite cookie is crispy on the outside and gooey in the middle too! I love putting both milk chocolate and white chocolate chips in mine as well!x
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Thank you so much for reading ♥ They are the best aren’t they? I definitely need to try mixing chocolates the next time I make them! x
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I really love making cakes but I have not made cookies in a while and they didn’t turn out well when I did make them 😂. Think I need to try again though, cause this really made me want cookies haha xx
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Definitely give it another go! You can do it for sure! 🍪 X
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Mmm, these look so good! I love the smell of cookies baking and this recipe looks easy to adapt for dairy free. I’m looking forward to giving this a try. Oh and the splats definitely look more cookie shaped once baked. 🙂
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Definitely, I think this could be adaptable and really flexible to change for taste and diet requirements 🙂 I am team splat for sure! 😂🍪
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Nothing can beat the classic chocolate chip cookies, especially when they’re still warm and soft! Will have to try this recipe out!
-Kyra || lovekyra.co.uk
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They are the best! I want to try chocolate chip shortbread and see if it’s as good! Thank you for reading x
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Ooo I’ll deffo read about choc chip shortbread, I love it 🤤
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I need to find a good recipe! 😁🤩
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Oh my! This looks delicious! The recipe seems easy to follow for beginner bakers like me. Thanks for sharing.
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It is super easy to do and it turns out so nicely! I want to experiment more with the baking side of cooking over the next few weeks. Thank you for reading 💋
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There is nothing yummier or more comforting than homemade cookies!! It is so simple yet so satisfying 🙂 These sound amazing! I’m not much of a baker, but I love eating shortbread 🙂
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Shortbread is amazing! I love it but I haven’t made it in years! I was thinking to experiment with chocolate chip shortbread! X
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