Chocolate chip cookies

Preparation

• 1
  Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line your baking tray with parchment paper.
• 2
  In a bowl, beat together the unsalted butter and caster sugar until it forms a creamy mixture.
• 3
  Add the egg followed by vanilla essence and beat again until all ingredients are well-combined.
• 4
  In a dry bowl, sift together the all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, and bicarbonate soda. Mix the chocolate chips in the flour.
• 5
  Add the flour to the batter and mix until the batter starts to form a dough.
• 6
  Scoop out your cookies on your baking tray leaving space between each one as the cookies will spread while baking.
• 7
  Bake the cookies in your pre-heated oven at 180 degrees Celsius until the edges start to turn golden brown.
• 8
  Allow the cookies to cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes and then transfer them to your wire rack for cooling. The cookies will appear soft when out of the oven but will harden during the cooling process.