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Weekend Baking: Chocolate Chip Cookies

September 24, 2011 By Spoonful of Sugar - 13 Comments

Sarah made up a big batch of chocolate chips cookies this weekend using a new recipe and I think it could become our favourite. It used a tin of condensed milk in the mixture which gave the cookies a lovely crumbly and chewy texture, whilst still being light and crisp on the outside. Not sure how many of these will be left for the lunch boxes this week – they are disappearing quickly. Sarah found the recipe over at Figs and Brie.
Ingredients
  • 180 g butter
  • 1/3 cup caster sugar
  • 395 g sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
  • 250 g dark chocolate chips

Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 180°C

 

  • Beat butter and sugar until creamy, then beat in sweetened condensed milk
  • Stir in flour, then dark chocolate chips, mix well
  • Roll heaped tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls, place on oven trays and press down gently
  • Bake for 15 minutes until golden.

 

 

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  1. shez says

    September 24, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    i want to come and live at your house Lisa,lol yummy

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  2. Oops-Lah says

    September 24, 2011 at 11:24 pm

    You are a very bad influence, you know that? It seems I have to try out all your lovely recipes and guess who eats them afterwards ;)???

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  3. notyet100 says

    September 25, 2011 at 12:08 am

    Luv the cookies,..and they are eggless too

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  4. MadCraftyMama says

    September 25, 2011 at 5:34 am

    I have an almost identical recipe in my collection. I try not to make them very often because they are seriously addictive. Mostly gone in under 2 days!

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  5. Stephanie says

    September 25, 2011 at 6:29 am

    Yum. Sadly I’ve been cleaning instead of baking. Chocolate Chip cookies will be the first care package I send my son when he can start receiving mail.

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  6. Kalyan says

    September 25, 2011 at 7:43 am

    Just mouthwatering…looks so easy to prepare and delicious!

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  7. Bela says

    September 25, 2011 at 9:52 am

    Fairy Sarah magic hands!!!! Delicious, for sure!!
    Lots of love!!
    Bela

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  8. Sharon says

    September 25, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    These sound amazing. I love things that call for sweetened condensed milk. It has a special flavor that you can always taste!

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  9. Shannon says

    September 26, 2011 at 7:12 am

    mmm, you can never go wrong with chocolate chip!

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  10. JG says

    September 26, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    They look absolutely delicious!
    ~Judy

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  11. yuli-prezent says

    September 27, 2011 at 2:46 am

    I haven’t baked anything for ages! Your tasty chocolate chip cookies inspires me to bake. Hope I’ll find time this week for baking) Thanks a lot for the recipe!

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  12. Jacquie says

    September 27, 2011 at 2:53 am

    Love this recipe – it’s an old favorite in our family! The mixture freezes really well, so I normally make up Half and freeze half so there is always some freshly bake biscuits on hand after half an hour. Try substituting the dark choc for white choc and craisins for Xmas biscuits.

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  13. Jenny says

    September 27, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Mmmmm look delicious-they would go down a treat in this house:)

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Weekend Baking: Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 28, 2011 By Spoonful of Sugar - 12 Comments

Sarah is on the mend again after her nasty virus that has plagued her over the past 2 weeks. She has spent the weekend competing in the Tournament of Minds (where she put her creativity to the test in a different way) and catching up on school work. During a break this afternoon she whipped up a batch of her favourite Chocolate Chip Cookies – a tried and tested recipe that taste delicious with a cold glass of milk. They also freeze well for the school lunches this week.

What we like about these cookies is that they don’t have too much butter, and are crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons golden syrup or honey
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups of plain or all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 160 degrees C (325°F.)
In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until well combined. Add egg, syrup and vanilla and beat until smooth.
Add the flour, baking soda and salt  to the butter-sugar mixture and stir by hand until almost combined; add chocolate chips and stir just until blended.
Drop spoonfuls of dough (or use a small ice-cream scoop) about  5 cm or 2” apart on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Flatten each a little with a fork.  Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until pale golden and set around the edges but still soft in the middle. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Makes 20 cookies.

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Comments

  1. Beertje Zonn says

    August 28, 2011 at 12:48 am

    Mmmmmmm, I like Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Beertje Zonn

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  2. Handmade in Israel says

    August 28, 2011 at 12:52 am

    Beautiful photos! You know I already love these cookies 🙂

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  3. Simone de Klerk says

    August 28, 2011 at 1:05 am

    I’m going to make these! Thijme is visiting us for a day today, so This is special (o:
    PS: Love the little butter part and … crispy outside, chewy inside (o:

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  4. Simone de Klerk says

    August 28, 2011 at 3:35 am

    We just had some cookies. They were gooooooooooood! Great recipe (:

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  5. Terriaw says

    August 28, 2011 at 7:43 am

    These look delish! I love love cookies. The last batch I made was chocolate cookies with peanut butter chips – yummy!

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  6. MooseStash Quilting says

    August 28, 2011 at 8:48 am

    Those look yummy … and I do have to make cookies today. Have being the key word here! 🙂 🙂

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  7. Dogwood says

    August 28, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Those cookies look wonderful.
    Oh, they would be lovely with a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream.
    Glad to hear Sarah in on the mend.
    Have a happy evening.
    Cory/Dogwood

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  8. Cathy (aka CrafteeCC) says

    August 28, 2011 at 3:47 pm

    these look sooo good 😉
    are there macadamias in this mix or did you use a mix of white & milk chocolate chips?

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  9. notyet100 says

    August 29, 2011 at 2:26 am

    Will add my link,cookies look so delicious

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  10. Jenny says

    August 29, 2011 at 4:05 am

    Yum they are making my mouth water!

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  11. Alex says

    August 29, 2011 at 1:13 pm

    I´ve tried then. They don´t only look tasty… They ARE very good.

    Greetings
    Alex from Germany

    Reply
  12. Christy says

    August 30, 2011 at 3:19 am

    yummy! sarah is such a talented baker. 🙂

    Reply

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