Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies (Fake Ben Cookies)

Ingredients:

  • 200 grams of butter in room temperature
  • 150 grams of brown sugar
  • 75 grams of white sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 400 grams of flour
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 200-300 grams of chopped chocolate or chocolate chips, plus a bit more for decoration

Preparation:

  1. Cream the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a mixer until well combined.
  2. Add the eggs and mix again.
  3. Add the flour, salt, and baking soda, and mix until just combined. Stir in the chocolate pieces.
  4. Preheat the oven to 160°C.
  5. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop out portions of the dough crate a balls and place them on the sheet, leaving some space between each. Push the down slightly to create 1cm thick discs.
  1. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a wire rack.
  2. Serve and enjoy.
Recipe reference and US measures

US equivalents and estimates below are retained from the existing recipe.

Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe Card

Soft-centred cookies with brown sugar, white sugar and plenty of chocolate.

Yield: Not stated
Bake: 8 to 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 200 g unsalted butter, at room temperature (about 7 oz)
  • 150 g brown sugar (about ¾ cup)
  • 75 g white sugar (about ⅜ cup)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 400 g plain or all-purpose flour (about 3¼ cups, spooned and levelled)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 200 to 300 g chopped chocolate or chocolate chips (about 7 to 10½ oz), plus extra for decoration

Directions

  1. Cream the butter and both sugars until combined.
  2. Add the eggs and mix again.
  3. Add the flour, salt and baking soda. Mix just until combined, then stir in the chocolate.
  4. Heat the oven to 160°C (320°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  5. Scoop the dough into balls and space them on the tray. Press gently into discs about 1 cm (⅜ in) thick and add a few chocolate pieces on top.
  6. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Leave on the tray briefly, then cool on a wire rack.

US measures are approximate. The source does not give a yield.

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