FOOD, My recipes, Uncategorized HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES 24 April 2009

Decided to make Chocolate Chip Cookies (the soft kind, of course) on a whim, since I had some ingredients lying around in the fridge and I felt like baking. We’re now cooking/baking less than we used to in Australia.. mainly because, um, we’re lazy. Right outside the apartment is a food street – in particular our favourite place is this small Chinese joint (though to this day, we still don’t know its name!) that serves up THE BEST FOOD. Brilliant Chinese home-style dishes, and their menu is never-ending. They kind of know us know – as the couple that visits about 3x a week, and always asking “Sooooo what’s the best dish?” in Chinese πŸ˜› Oh, and most importantly – they are CHEAP. The 2 of us have a full meal (plus drinks) for under US$5.00. How brilliant is that?!

So now I mostly bake.. mainly because it’s hard (or impossible) to find the stuff that we make. Like the maple syrup cupcakes I made on the TV show or an oreo cheesecake, etc. Choc chip cookies are another hard find. Or rather, I’m really particular – I don’t want them too sugary, and I like the moist and soft. Basically, it translates to fresh-out-of-the-oven cookies – nothing beats ’em!

So I whipped these up one night and they were a bit of a hit at the office too – though I realise that in the Shanghai office, only about 50% of the people like Western-style desserts. Or rather, not everyone has a sweet tooth. Very different to the Australia office, where everyone clambered for the goodies πŸ˜› Anyway, I’m gonna bake more from now on and convert everyone in the office into crazy sugar-hungry people like myself. Heh!


Place 120g butter and 1.25 cup brown sugar in a bowl and beat until light & creamy

Add 1tsp vanilla essence and 1 egg

Sift in 1.5 cup plain flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder and pinch of salt salt. Stir until just combined

Add 1 – 1.5 cups chocolate chips

Place in oven for about 15 mins at 180 celcius for
moist, slightly-chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Chris: “Every time I eat one of your cookies I wanna have children with you”
I’m taking that as a compliment πŸ˜›

OK slightly random, but found a pic I took of me chowing down on cupcakes!


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I was just searching for this cookie recipe.

Chris: “Every time I eat one of your cookies I wanna have children with you”
So this is what started it all. Now’s only the beginning heh.

I was just searching for this cookie recipe.

Chris: “Every time I eat one of your cookies I wanna have children with you”
So this is what started it all. Now’s only the beginning heh.

hi there

Chanced upon this when I was looking for chocolate chip cookies recipe. May I know one cup is equivalent to?

thanks so much!!

regards,
lm

Re: hi there

You know those baking measuring cups? They’re marked and it’s the “1 cup” measurement πŸ™‚

hi there

Chanced upon this when I was looking for chocolate chip cookies recipe. May I know one cup is equivalent to?

thanks so much!!

regards,
lm

Re: hi there

You know those baking measuring cups? They’re marked and it’s the “1 cup” measurement πŸ™‚

Everyone thinks it’s easy to make chocolate chip cookies but the ones at the back of packets usually just dont meet my standards. Yours looked easy enough so I tried it out last night! Delish!! Much thanks, this recipe is a keeper πŸ˜‰

Everyone thinks it’s easy to make chocolate chip cookies but the ones at the back of packets usually just dont meet my standards. Yours looked easy enough so I tried it out last night! Delish!! Much thanks, this recipe is a keeper πŸ˜‰

These look delicious (and easy)! Thanks for posting this recipe, I’m looking forward to trying cookies that makes someone “want to have children” with the one who baked them, lol.

These look delicious (and easy)! Thanks for posting this recipe, I’m looking forward to trying cookies that makes someone “want to have children” with the one who baked them, lol.