Chocolate Chip Cookies

There are two ways to Chocolate Chip Cookies...crispy or chewy. What if I were to tell you that you can have it both in the same mixing bowl?

When I was writing this recipe, I thought to myself that chewy chocolate chip cookies are rare in Malaysia. Therefore, a few weeks back when I "accidentally" made a few small jars of chewy chocolate chip cookies, I fell in love with it! All these while I read about food bloggers out there discussing chewy cookies, and I can't join in the conversation as I don't know how chewy cookies taste like!

Today as I was making another batch of chewy chocolate chip cookies, I've learnt that with different temperature, cookies can be chewy or crispy. At first, I bake 1/2 the batch at 150 degree Celsius for 20 minutes, and I baked the other half at 175 for 15 minutes. The first 1/2 turns out as chewy as I want it to be, and the second came out crispy! It's not that dry, but it's certainly crispier without the chewy part in the middle.

I like it when I can produce different kind of cookies or muffin from the same batter. I made some Orange Banana Muffins and Lemon Blueberry Muffin from the same mixing bowl too last Wednesday. I'll post the recipe later.

 

Here's the recipe for the chocolate chip cookies [for half a mix]. You can double it for more cookies. This one makes about 80 small sized cookies:

1/2 stick (125gm) butter

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup self-raised flour

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup almond bits

2 tsp cocoa powder [I hate pale looking cookies so I added this to make it looks more "chocolatey"]

Steps:

1. Cream the butter, white sugar and brown sugar for about 5-7 minutes using electric mixer at speed "1".

2. Add egg, beat for one minute and add vanilla essence. Beat for about one minute more.

3. Add the flour little by little and mix evenly using wooden spatula.

4. Fold in the chocolate chips and almond bits.

5. Spoon about 1 small teaspoon each on baking tray and bake according to your preference of cookies: 175 Celsius/15 mins for crispy and 150 Celsius/20mins for chewy version.

Enjoy!~~