Chocolate Chip Cookies

To be fair, I have to say that I baked these cookies by mistake, what I was trying to do were chocolate chip scones, but I think I didn't add enough baking powder so they didn't rise as they should, but as I said when I was introducing myself, sometimes my bakes go wrong and totally inedible, this time the cookies turn out good though,. What I've got were cookies with a softy inside so they were a nice and tasty mistake. If you want to try them yourself you will need:

225g flour
2tsp baking powder
50g dark chocolate chips
50g caster sugar
1/2tsp salt
50g butter
150ml milk
some extra milk for glazing

First of all, grease a baking sheet and pre-heat the oven at 220ºC - Gas 7.

Sift the flour with the salt into a bowl and add the cold butter, you have to rub in the butter, you can do it with your hands, I never do it like that because it is really easy to melt the butter with your fingers when you are working it, what I use is a pastry blender, it is really handy and I use it lots because I make my own puff-pastry. If you don't have one, you can use a normal butter knife, it will take you a bit longer but you will not melt the butter. You have to cut the butter in small pieces, like lentils.
Once you've done that add the rest of the ingredients and work them to a soft and sticky dough.
Now all you have to do is roll it and cut it, I cut it about 0.5cm thick with a round cookie cutter, then re-roll the trimmings and re-cut until you shape all the dough. Remenber to add some flour to your working surface and to the rolling pin.

Place the cookies on the prepared baking tray, brush them with some milk and put them into the oven. They will be ready in about 10 minutes.

So if you want to try my chocolate chip cookies a.k.a chocolate chip scones you have the recipe.

By the way, if you like the photos they are made (the nice ones) by Jorge Deepsea Photography, the no so nice ones are made by me :)