Do you ever go Googling for a recipe, and think you’ve found what you’re looking for, only to have to scroll so far down a page that you think you might have clicked on the wrong link? I don’t know what inspires people to put their life-story before the recipe, but don’t worry, I got you, here’s the recipe and method for amazing chocolate chip cookies, and my thoughts and tips about them are below!
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For as long as I can remember my mother had a PWMU cookery book. It was from the 1970’s and had a picture of a dessert with apricot halves and glacé cherries in it – at least that’s what I think they are, I’ve never thought to check if it states what recipe the picture goes with. Anyway, over the years my mother had the book, she wrote in a few of her own recipes, and one of them is so obviously well used, with stains from cooking and dog-eared and a crinkly tactility to the page that it’s like a very old treasure map. In a way, it is, but this treasure is the best chocolate chip cookies you’ll ever set your teeth into!
They’re spiced and chewy and very, very moreish. They’re also a good starting point to adapt to your own preferences. Today we made two batches, one with chunks – taking a block of cooking chocolate and roughly chopping it – and one with chips, but my mother made it exclusively with chocolate chips. The chips version did turn out better, we found. I also had a friend make a batch with white chocolate chips and different spices, which she said were fantastic. I have also made them without chocolate chips, but instead making small cookies that I then sandwiched with a chocolate filling, which were very tasty, too.
My 5-year-old daughter and I had a blast making these cookies together, and we all enjoyed eating them, after! Of course, it’s been so damn hot here that we can only bake a night, but that just means that when you wake up in the morning the house smells blissfully delicious! I hope you enjoy making and eating these, the very best chocolate chip cookies!
Looking for More Recipes To Try?
Check out my Grandma’s Coffee Slice Cake Recipe and Delicious Chewy ANZAC Biscuits! Try this out, perfect for your little one’s breakfast to enjoy.
