Cookies and Dreams

A friend of mine gave me a recipe to make Millie's Cookies as I was talking cookies non-stop. The craving for them didn't fade and as soon as I got home that day, I went ahead and made those cookies. Those cookies were lush. Tasted so good.

The recipe I was given (if you don't believe how lush they were, go ahead and try it....you know you want to......):

Ingredients:
125g butter, softened

100g light brown soft sugar

125g caster sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 tsp vanilla extract

225g self-raising flour

½ tsp salt

200g chocolate chips

• Preheat oven to 180°C (Gas Mark 4)
• Cream butter and sugars then add the egg and vanilla extract
• Sift in the flour and salt, then the chocolate chips
• Roll into walnut size balls, for a more homemade look
• Place on ungreased baking paper. If you want to have the real Millies experience then bake for just 7 minutes, till the cookies are just setting - the cookies will be really doughy and delicious. Otherwise cook for 10 minutes until just golden round the edges
• Take out of the oven and leave to harden for a minute before transferring to a wire cooling rack

As simple and as delicious as that!

I've made it twice since but was a little displeased as I added too much butter the second try (I have no scales so I had estimated it). I've bought a lot of chocolate drops now so I'm prepared when I have a cookie urge.

Cookie cookie cookie.........

I had a dream last night. I was baking brownies and I had to make 70-odd something of them. I've no idea why but I was trying out my first batch. And now it has me thinking of cookies.