Soft Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Super simple cookies but really yummy if you like "soft" cookies

Cream butter and sugar until creamy.

120g unsalted butter

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla essence 

Add egg and vanilla essence into the butter and cream until light and fluffy.

In another bowl, sift the following ingredients and add to the butter mixture.

1 3/4 cups flour

3/4 tsp salt

3/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 - 1 1/2 cup chopped baking chocolate (chopped into chunks) or you can use chocolate chips.

Fold in the chocolate chunks. Cover cookie dough with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 2 hours. 

Scoop using ice cream scoop for large cookies or I rolled golf balls size dough and placed them 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined tray.

Bake for 16-17 minutes on 180 degrees oven.

 Remove from tray and let cool on wire rack. I like eating my soft cookie warm with a glass of cold milk!

Ultimate Chocolate Cookies

Why ultimate?? The boys call anything that's overloaded ultimate.. Ultimate breakfast, ultimate shake, so now it's ultimate cookies. This is chocolate frenzy overload! 

250g butter

2/3 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups flour

1/3 cup cocoa powder

1 tsp bicarbonate soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup M&Ms

1 cup chocolate chips

(Extra M&Ms for decoration)

Cream butter and sugar until well blended. Add eggs one at a time so that the mixture don't curdle then the vanilla extract.

Sift the dry ingredients together (flour, soda, salt, cocoa powder) and slowly add it in to the butter mixture.

Fold in your chocolate chips and M&Ms. Chill the dough for an hour at least or in my case, I like it overnight so that the dough is firm and the baking soda has worked it's magic. The dough will feel like harden playdoh! Fun!

Scoop the dough and roll into balls and add more M&Ms as toppings. Make sure you place them about 2 inches apart. Bake in a preheat 180 degrees oven for 15-17 minutes. My big boy loves soft cookies so I bake halve a batch for 10 minutes! 

This makes a huge batch so it's perfect for giveaway or you can halve the recipe. I didn't.. The cookies finish pretty fast! Or you can keep it in the freezer for another batch another weekend! 

Yin Yang Cookies (Peanut Butter & Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies)

After an exhausting day cooking, the kids sweetly asked me when am I baking them cookies.... ?! Oh my.... Just when I'm about to call it quits and enjoy my cup of tea while watching AFC.. Sigggh

And they want Yin Yang cookies no less!!  I'll be honest, I'm not a cookie person unless its Famous Amos.. But the kids love that they get both of their favourite flavours in one bite after dunking it in milk.. So here goes ...

Chocolate Chip Dough

1/4 cup butter (58g)

1/4 cup brown sugar 

1/4 cup sugar 

1/2 tsp vanilla essence 

1/2 egg

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1/4 tsp bicarbonate soda 

1/2 cup flour 

1/4 tsp salt

1 tablespoon milk

1/2 cup chocolate chips 

Peanut Butter Dough

1/4 cup butter (58g)

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/8 cup sugar

1/2 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla essence 

1/3 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup flour

1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add egg, vanilla and then the dry ingredients. Just like how you would do for any cookie. Same method. Chill the dough for about half an hour in the fridge so that it's firmer to roll into balls.

Take each ball of peanut & dark choc chip and roll them into 1 bigger ball. Flatten the dough slightly on a greaseproof paper and sprinkle more chocolate chips on top. 

Bake for 25 minutes on 180 degrees. Cool these cookies and dunk them in cold milk!