LoveBites Chocolate Chippie Cookies

I made this recipe in abundance in my college and university years. It makes the yummiest shortbready like cookies and not to mention the best cookie dough (EVER) so needless to say I would have to make

more than twice the recipe!

These cookies are the best 'milk and cookie' cookies and delicious dunked in hot chocolate, tea or coffee. They can have anything added to them, rasins, cornflakes, M&Ms, and still taste mouth-watering. Use this recipe as a good base for all cookie creations its super quick and fail safe! 

INGREDIENTS

• 125g Butter
• 1/2cup Sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2tspn Vanilla Essence
• 11/2cups Flour
• 1tspn Baking Powder
• 1/2cup Chocolate Chips

METHOD

1. Heat oven to 180 degrees
2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
3. Add the egg and vanilla essence and beat well
4. Sift in the dry ingredients and combine
5. Mix in chocolate chips or desired alternatives
6. Roll into small balls and place onto a greased oven tray
7. Bake for 15 minutes and voila, ready to eat goodness!

LoveBites Fluffy Bran and Banana Muffs

These tasty treats are light in texture and in fat, which makes them perfect as a breakfast on the go or a mid-morning snack...  Or in fact a snack at any time of the day! These morsels are quick and easy to make and I would suggest making twice the recipe if you find your baking usually disappears within minutes! Try mixing up the sizes, or if dates aren't your forte then try chocolate chips or an alternative fruit (berry's add some nice colour to this recipe).

 Ingredients

§  2 cups self raising flour 

§  1 ½ cups bran

§  ¾ cup dates chopped

§  3 bananas mashed

§  1 tspn baking soda

§  11/2 tspns cinnamon

§  ½ tspn mixed spice

§  1 ½ cups trim milk

§  50g butter

§  6 tbspns golden syrup 

§  2 eggs lightly beaten

Method

§  Pre heat oven to 190º

§  Add flour, bran, dates, banana and spices in a bowl

§  Dissolve baking soda in milk

§  Beat eggs

§  Melt butter and golden syrup in microwave

§  Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients – mix until blended but be careful to not over mix

§  Spray muffin tins (if not non-stick) Spoon into muffin tins

§  Bake for 15-20 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.

 Makes 15 approx