The Recipe for Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yummy! Scrumptious! Delicious!

These are the obvious reactions of cookie lovers when they hear about Chocolate chip cakes, chocolate chip bars, cherry chocolate chip cookies, in short all Chocolate Chip Cookie varieties!

Chocolate chip cookies are a favourite variety of cookies liked by one and all. Whether, thanksgiving, Christmas or New years, chocolate chip cookies may be baked any time and you may be sure they would be relished by all.

If you are wondering what to cook for your near and dear ones this Christmas, then you must most definitely select one from all the recipes of chocolate chip cookies available online for preparing delicious cookies that your whole family will love and cherish.

There are chewy chocolate chip cookie recipes, best chocolate chip cookie recipe and many more varieties to choose from.

If you or someone in your family is a cherry freak, then why not bake some cherry chocolate chip cookies? It works very well with kids who love cherries.

Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup cherries
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 large egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
¾ cup butter-flavoured solid vegetable shortening

Preparation Method

Wash and chop the cherries and soak all the excess liquid on a paper towel. In a mixing bowl, beat sugar and vegetable shortening into cream. Also beat in egg and vanilla essence. In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt and baking soda. Stir in chips and cherries. Add the creamed mixture into this. Spread the prepared mixture as heaps on baking sheets.

Preheat oven to 375degree F. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. After cooling for 2 minutes, remove to wire racks to cool completely.

You may use the same recipe to make chocolate chip cookies without cherries. The cherry may be replaced with apricots or walnuts, whatever is your choice.

Chocolate chips cookies make a great treat for Christmas parties. There is no joy bigger joy than baking your own cookies at home and sharing them with your loved ones. Remember the celebrations of Christmas are incomplete without a cookie in each hand. So best of luck and happy cooking!