Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

225g butter

¾ cup with sugar

¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

2 siz-7 eggs

2 ¼ cups flour

½ tsp salt

1 level tsp baking soda

300g chocolate chips

Preheat oven to180°C

Cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy

Add vanilla and eggs one at a time

Mix dry ingredients together and add, scraping down the sides to blend

Mix in the chocolate which should be cut into small chunks

Put large teaspoons onto a greased baking tray, allowing a little room for expansion

Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes.  After 5 minutes’ cooking, flatten the biscuits slightly with a fork or your fingers

The biscuits should be pale golden.  Remove to a rack to cool

From Annabel Langbein's Cookbook