Chewy chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

• 250g plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 170g unsalted butter, melted
• 200g dark brown soft sugar
• 100g caster sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 325g chocolate chips

Method

• Preheat the oven to 170C
• Grease baking trays or line with parchment
• Sift together the flour, bicarb and salt; set aside
• In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and caster sugar until well blended
• Beat in the vanilla, egg and egg yolk until light and creamy
• Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended
• Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon
• Drop cookie dough onto the prepared baking trays, with each cookie around 4 tablespoons of dough (for smaller cookies, drop 1 rounded tablespoonful and adjust baking time as necessary). Do not flatten the dough. Cookies should be about 8cm apart.
• Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted
• Cool on baking trays for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely