Said comedian Gabriel Iglesias, on travelling like a rapper, just without the heavy artillery. I can kind of relate. Not that I see myself as rolling deep, cruising with a posse of coolness, but as a parent I can relate to travelling like a rapper - the quantity of stuff you travel with, the amount of ammo (food) and the ofttimes circusness of it all.
Everyone loves biscuits. Well, at least I presume everyone does. I've met people (both adults and, amazingly, children) who don't like lollies. Or chocolate. Ice cream. Fizzy drinks. But never, to my knowledge, have I met someone who would really rather not have a biscuit. The great thing about a biscuit is that, as Sandra Lee said, [They] are the sweetest little bit of comfort food - they are bite-sized and personal". There's one to suit pretty much everyone. The classic choc-chips, afghans, Anzacs, florentines, hokey-pokey, gingerbread, shortbread, yo-yos - the list is probably endless.
So, I got an email the other day from Chelsea Sugar, with a recipe for the good ol' choc chip. Time to get my bake on. I swapped out the chips for a couple of good-sized handfuls of M&Ms, just 'cause I like the colour, and the kids love the 'dog biscuits', as they call them (not sure where that started, or why, but....).
So, fill your cookie coffers with this little treat - school holiday treat? I made about 36-40 biscuits from this.
125 butter, softened
1/2 cup soft brown sugar, lightly packed
1/2 cup sugar (or caster sugar)
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
1 3/4 cups SR flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup choc chips (or M&Ms nom nom nom )
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius (or 160 if fan-forced). Line or grease biscuit trays (I needed 3).
- Beat butter, sugars and vanilla until pale and creamy. Add egg and beat until mixed.
- Add flour and salt, mix until combined. Stir in chocolate.
- Roll out small teaspoon-sized balls (or bigger, for bigger biscuits) and place on baking trays. Press down lightly with fork.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
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