Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup light brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 cups quick-cook oats
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 165℃.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth.
  3. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
  4. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir into the creamed mixture until just blended.
  5. Mix in the quick oats and chocolate chips.
  6. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
  7. Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven.
  8. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

    Hot Chocolate Sauce

    Ingredients

    300 ml milk
    75 g caster sugar
    1 tsp vanilla essence
    2 tsp cornflour
    50 g plain chocolate (at least), broken into pieces
    25 g butter

    Method

    1. Put the sugar and vanilla essence in a saucepan with most of the milk. Mix the cornflour with the remaining milk and add.
    2. Continue stirring over a low heat until all the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is smooth.
    3. Increase the heat and boil briskly until the sauce has thickened.
    4. Remove from the heat and stir in the broken chocolate and butter. Beat together until glossy.
    5. Pour into a suitably sized jug or gravy boat and serve with ice-cream and/or warm vanilla sponge.
    This sauce can be frozen in containers. Reheat in a saucepan.