Saturday, July 29, 2006

Chewy Choc chip Cookies




I set out on a hunt to discover the recipe for the best Choc chip cookie. Not just the best, I am talking THE best. And now, after I thought the hunt would be a never ending one, and after batches and batches, some worthy, some absolutely rubbish, some like shortbread, some like little cakes, some only eaten out of sheer boredom, the hunt is complete. The cookie has been found. And the magical ingredient....condensed milk.

What can i say, these cookies are amazing, their thick but not cakey, their thin but not crispy they are like pigs in the middle. They are chewy. They dont spread like rabbits across the fields, they dont 'not spread' like i wish my savings account would. Their absolutely marvelous and until 'Wonkervision' is real and i can send you one, fresh from the oven, through the screen of your computer with a glass of cold milk, you will just have to bake a batch for yourself. Trust me, you'll be speechless (and not because you have just stuffed three in your mouth).

Ingredients:
180 butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1.5 cups Self raising Flour
250g block of chocolate cut into chunks
(you can add nuts if you want)

Beat butter and sugar until creamy, then beat in the condensed milk. Add flour, stir until combined. Add choc chunks, mix well. Roll teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls, place on greased oven trays or lined with baking paper, press gently with fork. Bake 10 min or until golden at 180 degrees. sooo good, try and resist eating until they have cooled at least enough for you to handle them.