Cookies

Of Cookies, Cookies and Sarah's Cookies

Very much the one and only thing i know how to bake though

first started off with instant cookie mixes i got from cold storage. betty crocker brand i should think. the chunky chocolate types which i made as per instructions were perpetually soft.


i used to think it was because they WERE MEANT TO BE SOFT. much to my chagrin, i later found out (very much much later) that it was due to the container, which i thought was supposed to be air-tight. wasn't.

ok, and so i was making soft cookies for quite a while. from my nanyang days till just before junior college.

tried out the recipe behind the packs of hershey's chocolate chips, which i swear by for absolutely delicious melt-in-your-mouth baked chocolate goodies. got hooked on to them mainly because it tasted rather good. tho' the results abeilt factory manufactured looking due to the three of four chips which i place dutifully on each small ball of dough.

and so started off baking for biquan who was depressed due to her and nick. then it grew to baking for the class. in jc that is. but there's really no secret to them.

Chocolate Chip Cookies
416g of flour
250g butter
400g sugar
2 small eggs
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
vanilla essence

1. melt the butter and add in the sugar. mix well.
2. sieve in the flour and add it to the butter sugar mixture bit by bit.
3. beat the eggs and stir them in.
4. add the salt, vanilla essence and baking soda.
5. pre-heat the oven to 160-180 degrees celcius.
6. butter/oil the aluminium foils slightly and scoop out 1/2-1 tsp sizes of dough.
7. arrange the chocolate chips and bake when the oven is ready.

- i usually use self-raising flour and sieve it even more. it makes a difference to me
- please also note that the dough does tend to expand quite a bit.
- the quantity usually makes alot. about twice of the the amount as shown in the box of cookies below.

there are many other versions to chocolate cookies. there's the chunky chocolates. soft and chewy centred. maybe i'll try them some day and post them up. till then. enjoy =)