Every month I like to try and find a new recipe to add to my tried recipe file. This month I found a chocolate chip recipe on Chocolate Chip Biscuits – New Zealand Quick & Easy Recipe at KiwiWise. Lots of people on the site have made them and have various suggestions about altering the recipe. I reduced the amount of white sugar and chocolate chips (below is the iriginal recipe) and froze my unbaked dough in long thin rolls. It freezes really well and the biscuits still came out lovely once cooked. The cookies spread quite a bit when cooked so I made my rolls with quite a small diameter – about 2cm – I prefer lots of average sized cookies given the amount of butter and sugar that is in the recipe.
1 cup of butter (225g), 3/4 cup white sugar, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs,2 teaspoons vanilla, 2 1/4 cups plain white flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 cups chocolate chips.
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease an oven tray.
2. Cream the butter, white and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs into the mix one at a time, and then stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt, then stir into creamed mixture.
3. Fold in the chocolate chips. Place rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared baking tray.
4. Bake until light brown, approximately 8 to 10 minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes and then transfer to rack to cool.