Chocolate chips cookies

* Recipe adopted from Heston Blumenthal's "Heston Blumenthal At Home"

Ingredients: (Makes around 40pc of cookies with approx 1.5" to 2")

For the golden syrup chocolate chips
20g Golden Syrup
140g Whipping Cream
125 Dark chocokate, broken into small pieces (min 60% cocoa)
pinch of salt

For the cookie dough
440g Plain flour
1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tbsp salt
1/2 tbsp instant coffee powder
230g cold unsalted butter, cubed
520g Caster Sugar
2 Large Eggs
1tsp Vanilla Paste

How to Make: 


Choc chips:
1. Put the syrup and cream into a saucepan and place over medium heat, Bring to simmer.

2. In the meantime, melt chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.

3. When the cream is simmering, remove pan from heat, stir in the salt and add to the melted chocolate a third at a time, making sure the cream is thoroughly incorporated after each addition. Allow to cool slightly.

4. Pour the chocolate mixture onto baking paper-lined baking tray and allow to stand in room temperature for 1 hr, then place in freezer for 2 hr or unti frozen.

5. Remove from freezer and allow to stand for 5 min at room temperature, the cut into small cubes with a sharp knife. Keep in freezer until ready to use.


Cookies:

1. Preheat oven to 190'C.

2. Sift the flour, bicarboate of soda, baking powder, salt and coffee powder into a bowl and set aside.

3. Using a mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed unto mixture becomes light and fluffy (approx 5 min).

4. Reduce speed to low and add eggs, one at a time, and continue to mix until well incorporated, then add vanilla paste, followed by flour mixture, a spoonful at a time,

5. Mix for another 3-5 min until the dry ingredients are thoroughly incorporated and a dough is formed. Then add the choc chips and mix for a further 30 seconds.

6. Using a teaspoon, spoon the dough in the baking tray lined with baking paper, making sure to leave some space between each spoons of dough. You will need to bake a few times as one tray not enough to spoon all dough!

7. Bake in oven for 8-10min or until golden brown. Remove cookies from tray and leave them at a cooking rack to cool down. Then keep them in airtight container.


** If you are lazy to do the golden syrup choc chips, you can replace them with the ready made baking choc chips, then it will somehow affect the overall texture of your cookies. The one made with the golden syrup choc chips have a texture of soft and chewy while the one with ready made choc chips crispy and crunchy.

Enjoy with a cup of your favourite tea!