Vintage chocolate chip cookies

Instructions

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1. 1 Heat the oven to 190C/fan170C/gas 5 and line two baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
2. 2 Put 150g softened salted butter, 80g light brown muscovado sugar and 80g granulated sugar into a bowl and beat until creamy.
3. 3 Beat in 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1 large egg.
4. 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. 5 Add 200g plain chocolate chips or chunks and stir well.
6. 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. 7 Bake for 8–10 mins until they are light brown on the edges and still slightly soft in the centre if you press them.
8. 8 Leave on the tray for a couple of mins to set and then lift onto a cooling rack.