Name: Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies
Prep time: 1 h 14 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 49 min
Yield: 20 cookies
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 150 g rolled oats; 40 g pecan nuts; 40 g flakeds almonds; 130 g brown sugar; 160 g butter; 75 g chocolate chips; 75 g egg; 150 g flour; 5 g baking powder

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 2 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 1

Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C)

Spread 150 g rolled oats on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 4 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 2

Do the same with 40 g pecan nuts and 40 g flakeds almonds.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 15 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 3

Toast in the oven for 15 minutes.

Leave to cool (this will be quicker if you slip the baking sheet out from underneath, but keep it handy as you'll need it for stage 12).

Turn the oven up to 370°F (190°C).

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 4

Roughly chop the cooled pecan nuts.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 5

Whisk 75 g egg in a high-sided container.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 4 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 6

Put 130 g brown sugar and 160 g butter in a mixer bowl.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 7

Use the flat or "K" beater and knead for 1 or 2 minutes until evenly mixed.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 8

Add all the other ingredients (oats, almonds, pecans, baking powder, chocolate chips, eggs and flour).

Stage 9 - ⌛ 4 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 9

Knead for a few more minutes until evenly mixed.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 8 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 10

Take the dough out of the bowl and divide into approx. 40 g (one and a half ounce) pieces.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 5 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 11

Roll the pieces of dough betwen your hands into nice round balls.

Note: this is the part children enjoy best. If they are helping you make these, you may well hear something like, "This is cool, just like playdough!"

Stage 12 - ⌛ 5 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 12

Reuse the paper and baking sheets from stage 3. Squash out the balls of dough on the cooking parchment with the palm of your hand into flat cookies, slightly thicker in the centre.

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Stage 13 - ⌛ 20 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 13

Do watch towards the end of cooking. It is important not to overcook these cookies.

Ideally, they should be crisp and golden brown around the edge, but still soft in the centre.

Stage 14 - ⌛ 30 min.

Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies : Stage 14

Take off the paper and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Your cookies are ready. The only difficulty now is resisting the temptation to eat them all right away!

Remarks

Once the basic dough is made at stage 9, you can let your imagination guide you and (for example) use walnuts instead of almonds, muesli instead of oats, raisins or dried apricots instead of chocolate. Everything is possible (or nearly).

You can use bicarbonate of soda instead of the baking powder.

Before baking you can glaze the raw cookies at stage 12, but this is not essential.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	7 g RDI=11 %	48 g RDI=18 %	26 g RDI=37 %	465 kcal RDI=23 %	1,950 kJ RDI=23 %
Per cookie	2 g RDI=4 %	20 g RDI=8 %	11 g RDI=15 %	192 kcal RDI=10 %	805 kJ RDI=10 %
Whole recipe	58 g RDI=89 %	402 g RDI=152 %	222 g RDI=304 %	3,843 kcal RDI=192 %	16,092 kJ RDI=192 %