{"id":1813,"date":"2020-05-23T10:39:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T09:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2020-05-23T10:39:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T09:39:44","slug":"chocolate-chip-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/chocolate-chip-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Chip Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kids and I just love these cookies &#8211; soft and chewy oozing with chocolate. I always use dark chocolate but you can use a mix of dark and milk or just milk chocolate if you prefer. Hope you enjoy these as much as we do.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ZqCYR-pbK0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>225g butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>350g soft light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>2.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda<\/li>\n<li>200g chocolate, chopped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Method<\/h4>\n<p>Pre heat oven to 160c.<\/p>\n<p>Cream butter and sugar together till light and creamy.<\/p>\n<p>Add eggs, one at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl to ensure that they are mixed in well. Add the vanilla.<\/p>\n<p>Slowly add the flour and bicarbonate of soda and mix till it is well combined.<\/p>\n<p>Add the chopped chocolate and evenly distribute to the cookie dough.<\/p>\n<p>Spoon a spoonful of cookie dough onto a non stick baking sheet, leaving some space between the cookies and bake for 10 minutes. The cookies will still be soft when you remove them from the oven, let it cool on the baking sheet for a further 10 minutes before cooling completely on a cooling rack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kids and I just love these cookies &#8211; soft and chewy oozing with chocolate. I always use dark chocolate but you can use a mix of dark and milk or just milk chocolate if you prefer. Hope you enjoy these as much as we do. Ingredients 225g butter, softened 350g soft light brown sugar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[815,814,816],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89etY-tf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1798,"url":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/ginger-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":1813,"position":0},"title":"Ginger Cookies","author":"Rahema","date":"May 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a recipe I found in a supermarket magazine years ago and saved it as it is one of our favourite, slightly crunchy and gingery cookies. 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