Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 4 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour and baking soda, set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. (I usually soften butter in microwave first.)
3. Beat in the instant pudding mix until blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla.
4. Blend in the flour mixture.
5. Stir in the semi-sweet chocolate chips, trying to spread evenly through cookie dough.
6. Make balls of cookie dough, about 1 inch in diameter.
7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Edges should be golden brown.

Molten Lava Cake

Ingredients

• ¼ cup    Chocolate chips
• ¼ cup Cherry filling
• 2 cups Refined flour
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• ¾ tbsp Soda bi-carb
• 1  cup Amul curd
• A few drops Vanilla essence
• 1 cup Amul Milk
• ¾ cup White butter
• ¾ cup Caster sugar
• 6  tbsp Cocoa powder

Method

1. Preheat oven to 170*C. Grease a cake tin and line with butter paper. Mix the chocolate chips with cherry filling and keep aside.
2. Sift flour, baking powder, soda bicarb and cocoa powder together. Heat the milk till it is lukewarm.
3. Whisk curd, caster sugar, butter and vanilla essence together till smooth and frothy.
4. Fold in the flour mixture alternating with milk. Mix quickly but gently to a smooth batter.
5. Pour into greased muffin moulds, spoon chocolate chips & cherry filling mixture in the centre, bake for 8 minutes.
6. Check the cake and remove from the oven and after a few seconds, demould i and serve.