Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 125 g margarine
• 125 g caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp fine salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 225 g self raising flour
• 175 g chocolate chunks
• 25 g chocolate chunks
• 1/2 tsp sea salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Line baking trays with greaseproof paper or silicone liners and set aside

2. 2

   Cream the butter and the sugars together until light and fluffy

3. 3

   Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined

4. 4

   Add in the flour and salt and then add the chocolate chunks and mix

5. 5

   Shape into balls and place them on the lined trays making sure there is plenty of room between each ball

6. 6

   Add a few extra chocolate chunks to each cookie and sprinkle with sea salt

7. 7

   Bake for 7 minutes until light brown

8. 8

   Take them out of the oven and leave them to cool on the tray for 20 minutes or so before moving them to cool completely on a wire rack