American Chocolate Chip Cookies

Healthiness : (366 votes)

Difficulty:  
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes for a tray
Number of servings: About 12
Serving suggestions: Delicious eaten when warm
This is a vegetarian recipe


This is a recipe for real American style soft cookies - great for 4th July celebrations.

This recipe comes with an urban myth: A woman in New York met a friend at a small coffee shop, where they ordered drinks and cookies. They liked the cookies so much that she asked for the recipe. The owner of the coffee shop said that she could have the recipe, but she would have to pay something for it. The woman agreed, and paid for the coffee, cookies and the recipe on her credit card. When she got her next credit card statement, she realised that she had been charged a massive $200 for the recipe. She was furious! She called the restaurant, which refused to refund the money, saying that it was a fair price for the recipe. The woman said that, for that price, she must have bought the copyright for the recipe and she would send it out worldwide. She passed the recipe on to everyone she knew, and asked them to do the same.

So here it is; pass it on!

• 100g (4 oz) porridge oats
• 125g (5 oz) plain flour
• 2.5ml (½ teaspoon) bicarbonate of soda
• 2.5ml (½ teaspoon) baking powder
• 2.5ml (½ teaspoon) salt
• 50g (2oz) bar milk chocolate, grated
• 100g (4 oz) butter at room temperature
• 100g (4 oz) soft dark brown sugar
• 100g (4oz) caster sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2.5ml (½ teaspoon) vanilla extract/essence
• 115g (4½ oz) chocolate chips

• Weighing Scales
• Teaspoon
• Food Processor
• Wooden Spoon
• Mixing Bowl
• Large Bowl, Non-stick Baking Paper
• Baking Tray
• Wire Rack
• Fish Slice

Always wash your hands before preparing food.

1. Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5
2. Put the oats into a food processor or liquidiser and whizz to a fine powder 
3. Add flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt and whizz again to mix together 
4. Add grated chocolate (or break into chunks and whizz again) 
5. Put both sugars into a large bowl with the butter
6. Cream them until light and fluffy
7. Beat the egg and vanilla together in a cup  
8. Beat this into the creamed butter mixture (use an electric whisk if you have one) 
9. Add chocolate chips and dry ingredients, mix well with a spoon until everything is mixed in and you have a dough
10. Use your hands to roll into balls the size of ping-pong balls and put them, 5cm apart, on to non stick baking paper on a baking tray.
11. Bake in the oven for about ten minutes. They should have a golden colour, but still look a little underdone (this is what makes the lovely chewy soft texture). If you like them crisp, keep them in a bit longer
12. Leave them on the tray for a couple of minutes to firm up, then use a fish slice to lift them onto a wire rack to cool

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Name: Maddie	13th April 2012
this recipe is fantastic it never fails to impress

Name: Lucy Hill	18th February 2012
hi does it matter which type of chocolate you use Chocolate chips, any kind, work best but if don't have any you can roughly chop smarties, mini eggs, any white or milk chocolate into small pieces and use these. For a healthier option add any chopped dried fruit you like. Hope this helps. The Cookit Team

Name: Marorr	11th February 2012
Hello, I am about to try this recipe, but I have a question... How long will the cookies stay fresh and good? Thanks :) They are at their best on the day you make them but will keep well for 3-4 days in an airtight container. Hope this helps. The Cookit Team

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