Ingredients 

110g (4oz) softened butter
200g (7oz) soft light brown sugar
1 egg
2 drops of vanilla extract
195g (6 3/4 oz) plain flour
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
100g (3 1/2oz) dark chocolate chips/chunks

Makes 8 large 'American-style' cookies or 14 regular sized cookies

Preheat the oven to 190C, gas mark 5 and line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.

Put the butter and the sugar in a large bowl and cream together until combined. It does not need to be light and fluffy. Stir in the egg and vanilla and mix well. It may look curdled at this stage but that is fine. Add the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder and mix until the dough looks uniform (If you want to make double chocolate cookies, substitute 30g of the flour with cocoa powder). The dough will be very stiff at this point. Add the chocolate chips/chunks and mash everything in with a wooden spoon.

Divide the mixture into balls of your preferred size and place on the baking trays. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes. The cookies will have a cracked top and will be very soft. Remove the cookies from the oven and leave to cool on the baking trays. They will quickly harden as they cool.

Thanks for reading

Amy xxx