Chocolate Chip Cookies

Our son's favourite which I will bake every year for Eid and Christmas.  Apart from the chocolate chips, I also added chopped cashewnuts, one may add peanuts or peanut butter as a substitute.

Ingredients (yields about 96 pieces):
250 g soft butter
240 g brown sugar
120 g icing sugar
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 "M" size eggs
470 g plain flour, to be sifted
300 g chocolate chips
300 g cashew nuts (canned), to be coarsely chopped

Method:
In a mixing bowl, beat butter, brown sugar and icing together until slightly creamy.  Add bicarbonate of soda and salt, mixing well.  Then, add in eggs one at a time and mix well.

Fold in sifted flour, chopped cashes nuts and chocolate chips.  Mix thoroughly.  Grease baking trays with butter or line them with baking paper.  By using a tablespoon, scoop up portions and form them into a ball.  Place them on baking trays and press the top down a bit.

Bake in a preheated fan oven at 180° C for about 20 to 25 minutes.  Leave to cool completely before storing in tin, placing pergament paper between each layer.

Happy Baking!