My best friend’s fool-proof chocolate chip cookies

¾ cup brown sugar

0.75 tsp salt

0.75 cup caster sugar

1 egg

1 cup caramilk chocolate chips

2½ cups self-raising flour

225g unsalted butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup milk chocolate chips

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180˚c (356f) /160˚c fan-forced. line two baking trays with baking paper.

Step 2

Cream the butter with the sugars until light and fluffy. add the vanilla extract and the egg and beat for a further two minutes. sift the flour and salt and into the mixture and combine. add the chocolate chips.

Step 3

Gather the dough into a loose ball and cover it with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for half an hour.

Step 4

Form into rounds the size of a golf ball and place 3cm apart on the trays. lightly press them down with a spoon for best results.

Step 5

Bake for 9-10 minutes or until lightly brown around the edges. allow to cool for five minutes on the tray before moving to a rack. they may seem a little underdone, but they will firm up as they cool.