chocolate chip cookies

This recipe easily doubles.

ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• drop of blackstrap molasses
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups cake flour
• 1/2 tsp lite salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

method

Cream together butter, sugar and molasses in a large bowl.

Beat in egg and vanilla.

Sift flour, salt and soda into butter mixture and stir in.

Mix in chips and nuts.

TIP: The easiest way to chop nuts is to stick them in a heavy plastic bag (like a ziploc) and hammer them.

Drop by spoonfuls on to cookie sheet pretty far apart as they spread a lot.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 5-10 minutes. Watch the first batch closely to get the timing right.

Allow to cool on cookie sheet for about 1 minute before removing to rack to cool.

Allow to cool completly before storing.

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