Let’s get cooking – but remember to get an adult to help you!

Ingredients:

• 120g butter or margarine
• 250ml (1 cup) sugar
• 3ml (½ teaspoon) vanilla essence
• 1 egg
• 435ml (1 ¾ cup) self-raising flour
• 3ml (½ teaspoon) salt
• 125g chocolate chips
• 60g chopped walnuts

Method:

• Pre-heat your oven to 180 ºC.
• Cream the butter or margarine, sugar and vanilla essence together.
• Gradually add the lightly beaten egg.
• Mix in sifted flour and salt.
• Add chocolate chips and chopped walnuts, and mix well.
• Shape teaspoonfuls of mixture into small balls, and place on a lightly greased oven tray, allowing room for spreading.
• Bake in at 180ºC for 10-12 minutes.
• Makes about 45 cookies.