Santa’s chocolate chip cookies

Name: Santa’s chocolate chip cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 16 min
Total time: 46 min
Yield: Makes 20 cookies or 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) dough
Ingredients: 20 g (¾ oz) salt; 30 g (1 oz) cocoa nibs (see Market); 1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda, sieved; 180 g (6½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 200 g (7 oz) soft light brown sugar; 220 g (8 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cubed; 400 g (14 oz/2⅓ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour, sieved; 2 eggs; 300 g (10½ oz) melts (buttons) or chopped dark chocolate; 200 g (7 oz) melts (buttons) or chopped milk chocolate; 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped

Preparation info

Makes
20
cookies or 1.5 kg dough

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Chefs Host Christmas Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2018

About

This is the best chocolate chip cookie you’ll ever have. Period. Leave these bad boys out on Chrissy Eve for the man in red and you’ll jump straight to the nice list.

Ingredients

220 g (8 oz) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cubed
200 g (7

Vegetarian
December
Winter
Cookies

Method

Put the butter, both sugars, salt, bicarbonate of soda and vanilla seeds in the bowl of a freestanding electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream on low speed for 8–10 minutes until pale and smooth, using a spatula to scrape down the inside of the bowl to ensure everything is evenly mixed.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well and again scrapin