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Authentic American Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Ingredients (makes about 20 medium cookies)

  • 200g all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 100g white sugar
  • 100g brown sugar
  • Small pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 100g melted butter
  • Chocolate chips, to taste

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 240°C (thermostat 8).

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, white sugar, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla sugar.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg with the melted butter.

Combine the wet and dry mixtures until just incorporated.

Fold in chocolate chips or your favorite add-ins like almonds or oats. Mix gently.

Scoop dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet in 5-6 cm mounds. Bake for 10 minutes.

Cool on the sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack.