Chocolate chip cookies (eggless)

Its that time of the season when everybody is in the mood to have a good time and to eat yummy things. The climate too adds to the festivity. I too am in a mood of baking and what better way of starting it than the delicious chocolate chip cookies. 

This is an easy recipe and does not take much time to prepare or bake but the aroma of the baking lingers for quite sometime not only in your kitchen but also in your neighbour's ! So be prepared !

Ingrdients:

Margarine /Butter	125 gms
Castor sugar	50 gms
Brown sugar	50 gms
Vanilla essence	1 tsp
Following  to be sifted twice
All purpose flour (maida)	200 gms
Cocoa powder	25 gms
Bi-carbonate of soda	¼ tsp
Baking powder	½ tsp
Salt	¼ tsp
Combine the following
Chocolate chips	50 gms
Walnuts	50 gms

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180degrees centigrade. 
2. Cream butter and both sugars and vanilla essence together until light and fluffy.
3. Fold in sifted dry ingredients.
4. Stir in chocolate chips and walnuts.
5. Mix and combine well into a dough.
6. Knead the dough and make little balls, flatten and place on baking tray 4-5cm apart.
7. Bake for 10-15mins.
8. Cool on a wire rack and store in an air-tight container when completly cooled.

Preparation time: 35 mins
Baking time       : 15 mins


Makes             : 40 cookies


Note:

• .If salted butter is used, do not add salt.
• Cookies will rise a little and will not expand much but small cracks may appear. 
• Cookies will be soft until cooled to room temperature.