chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients

1. 350g/12¼oz unsifted flour
2. 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda                                    
3. 1 tsp salt
4. 225g/8oz butter                                                 
5. 175g/6¼oz caster sugar
6. 175g/6¼oz soft brown sugar                                                              

   Preparation method

   1. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.
   2. In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
   3. In another bowl, combine the butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until creamy. Beat in the eggs. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Stir in the chocolate.
7. 1 tsp vanilla extract
8. 2 eggs
9. 350g/12¼oz dark chocolate, crumbled 
10. When you are ready to bake the cookies, simply cut the log into slices 2cm/¾in thick and lay on a baking tray, widely spaced apart. Bake for 9-11 minutes.
11. Serve.