Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Cookies:
Unsifted flour 350 gm
Bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Butter 225 gm
Caster sugar 175 gm
Soft brown sugar 175 gm
Vanilla extract 1 tsp
Eggs 2
Dark chocolate, crumbled 350 gm

Method: 
Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt. 
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 Split the pliable dough into two halves, rolling each out into sausage shapes, approximately 5cm/2in in diameter. 
Wrap them in cling film and transfer to the refrigerator until ready to use 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

Chocolate Chip Cookies by Reyaan Chaudhary

Fondant Decorated Cookies

Ingredients for Fondant Decorated Cookies:
Butter 250 gm
Sugar 150 gm
Egg 1
Vanilla essence 1 tsp
Flour 400 gm
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Coconut 1 to 1-1/2 cup
Rolled fondant as required
Corn syrup as required

Method:
Beat butter & sugar until light & fluffy.
Add egg & vanilla essence beat again.
Add flour & coconut, beat until turns into a dough knead in lightly with hands.
Roll the dough & cut with round cutter.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in preheated oven.
When baked place on a wire rack to cool.
Decorate with fondant.


Fondant Decorated Cookies by Sana Manzoor