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Chocolate chip cookies 

• 200g butter                     
• 1 cup brown sugar                             
• 1 cup white sugar                                 
• 2 eggs                                                             
• 2 tsp vanilla essence            
• 3 cups flour                          
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Preheat oven at 180o  bake

1. Cream butter and sugar using a wooden spoon.
2. Add the egg and vanilla essence beat well.
3. Sift the flour and baking powder and add to the mixture.
4. Add the chocolate chips
5. Mix together to form a firm cookie dough.
6. Use a tsp to scoop out the cookie dough. Roll into small balls with the palm of your hand.
7. Place on a tray lined with baking paper.
8. Press lightly with a fork 
9. Place in oven for 8-10 minutes until lightly golden in colour
10. Cool on a wire rack

Feedback From Own Recipe Practical

Practice 1:Love the crunchy outside and chewy centre

Too much sugar. Granules visible on base of cookies

Too many chocolate chips. Are the chips too small?

Very sweet and too many chocolate chips

Cookie a bit overcooked? Preferred the paler look of the other cookies

Practice 2: chewy, crisp and excellent lovely thanks, good mix of cookie and chocolate. Perfect cookie! Crisp outside, chewy inside, perfect cookie.

Chewy, nice, good ratio of chocolate and nice color.

Yes, chewy which is great, maybe a little pale though expected very great overall, much better than last time than the commercially produced ones.

Practice 3: 10/10 Great mix of chewy to crisp

10/10 *crispy on the outside chewy on the inside

10/10 *

10/10 *

10/10 Nice and chewy, soft in the middle

This feedback came from a selection of teachers.

Alternatives 

How could we make our recipe lower in sugar?

We could replace the sugar with honey or maple syrup.

How could we make our recipe dairy free?

We could replace the butter with olivani or canola spread.

How could we make our recipe healthier?

We could replace the chocolate chips with apricots and cranberries

my thoughts on this recipe it was really good and we actually made what we wanted to and it tasted delicious it was gooey and golden brown