Really delicious American
Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is a recipe for really authentic tasting cookies. The cookies are great! The recipe came via a newspaper in
England.

The story goes that a woman in New York met a friend at a small coffee
shop, where they ordered drinks and cookies. They liked the cookies so much
that she asked for the recipe. The owner of the place said yes, but she
would have to pay something for it. The woman agreed, and paid for the
coffee, cookies and the recipe on her credit card. When she got the next
bill, she realised that she had been charged a massive $200 for the recipe. She was
furious! She contacted the restaurant, which refused to refund the money.
She said that, as far as she was concerned, she had bought the copyright for
the recipe, and vowed to distribute it as widely as possible. She asked
everyone who got the recipe to copy it and pass it on to their friends.

So here it is...

American Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 100g/31/2oz rolled oats
• 125g/41/2oz plain flour
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 50g/2oz bar milk chocolate
• 100g/31/2oz butter at room temperature
• 100g/31/2oz soft dark brown sugar
• 100g/31/2oz caster sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 115g/4oz chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 190degreesC/375degreesF/gas mark 5

Measure oats into a food processor or liquidiser. Whiz to a fine powder.
Add flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt and whizz to mix. Add
grated chocolate (or throw the bar in and whiz again). Pour the dry
ingredients into a bowl, while you cream the butter with both sugars. Beat
the egg and vanilla together in a cup, and then beat into the creamed butter
mixture. Then add chocolate chips, and dry ingredients, mix well. Roll
into balls the size of ping-pong balls and place them 5cm apart on a baking
tray. Cover the tray with non-stick baking paper, if you have that sort of
tray.

Bake for about ten minutes. They should have a golden colour, but still
look a little underdone (this is what makes the lovely chewy soft texture).
If you like them crisp, keep them in a bit longer. But they won't be as
good. Trust me, take them out sooner rather than later. Eat them while still
warm, preferably in bed. Then start over again.