Name: Basic chocolate chip cookies
Prep time: 16 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 250g (8oz) butter, chopped, softened; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ¾ cup (165g) caster (superfine) sugar; ¾ cup (165g) firmly packed brown sugar; 1 egg; 2¼ cups (335g) plain (all-purpose) flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 375g (12oz) dark chocolate (45%), broken into rectangles

Basic chocolate chip cookies

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This Test Kitchen Collection recipe is a little bit crispy, a little bit chewy, with chunks of gooey chocolate.

Basic chocolate chip cookies on an oven tray, two are broken in half to show the gooey chocolate — These fail-safe cookies are loaded with chocolate.

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Makes 44

Prep

16M

Cook

14M

Resting

15M

Total

30M

Baking is reliant on the proportions of ingredients and the science behind how they work together. Subtle changes to a recipe can alter the outcome (for good and bad).

See Chocolate chip cookie science (below) for small changes you can make to suit your preferences.