Chocolate chips cookies

An easy recipe for soft biscuits. Make plenty as they're sure to be a hit

24 cookies

• 140 g salted butter, softened

• 140 g brown sugar

• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 large egg

• 225 g plain flour

• ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

• ¼ teaspoon salt

• 200 g chocolate chips (mix of dark and milk chocolate)

1. Heat the oven to 190C and line two baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.

2. Put softened salted butter and brown sugar into a bowl and beat until creamy.

3. Beat in 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1 large egg.

4. Sift 225g plain flour, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda and ¼ tsp salt into the bowl and mix it in with a wooden spoon.

5. Add 200g chocolate chips and stir well.

6. 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.

7. Bake for 9 mins until they are light brown on the edges and still slightly soft in the centre if you press them.

8. Leave on the tray for a couple of mins to set and then lift onto a cooling rack.