Vintage chocolate chip cookies

An easy chocolate chip cookie recipe for soft biscuits with a squidgy middle that will impress family and friends. Make plenty as they're sure to be a hit

Ingredients

• 150g salted butter, softened
• 80g light brown muscovado sugar
• 80g granulated sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 225g plain flour
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 200g plain chocolate chips or chunks

Directions

1. STEP 1
2. Heat the oven to 190C/fan170C/gas 5 and line two baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
3. STEP 2
4. Put 150g softened salted butter, 80g light brown muscovado sugar and 80g granulated sugar into a bowl and beat until creamy.
5. STEP 3
6. Beat in 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1 large egg.
7. STEP 4
8. Sift 225g plain flour, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda and ¼ tsp salt into the bowl and mix it in with a wooden spoon.
9. STEP 5
10. Add 200g plain chocolate chips or chunks and stir well.
11. STEP 6
12. Use a teaspoon to make small scoops of the mixture, spacing them well apart on the baking trays. This mixture should make about 30 cookies.
13. STEP 7
14. Bake for 8–10 mins until they are light brown on the edges and still slightly soft in the centre if you press them.
15. STEP 8
16. Leave on the tray for a couple of mins to set and then lift onto a cooling rack.