Chocolate chip cookies!

Here in Chittagong, we tend to ration our chocolate chips. To this day, I have not found chocolate chips in a grocery store in Chittagong. So, when we're lucky enough to have some, we use them carefully.

A couple of nights ago, I baked some chocolate chip cookies. They flattened out much more than cookies I've made in the past, but were absolutely exceptional. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

•   1/2 cup (1 stick) of unsalted butter at room temperature
• 1/2 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons of regular granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 and 1/4 cups of flour (all purpose)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1.25 cups of semisweet chocolate chip
  

Directions:

1.  Mix together the sugars and butter until smooth
2. Add in the egg and vanilla and mix together
3. Add in dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt) and mix together to get the cookie dough
4. Mix in the chocolate chips
5. Use spoons to form rough balls of cookie dough and drop them on to a baking sheet, leave around 2 inches of space between them
6. Bake 10-13 minutes at 350F. I find that baking time varies with the oven, so I would check back after 10 minutes or so, once they look slightly golden brown they are good to go. If you like crunchier cookies, leave it in for longer.

They are most delicious when warm!