step 1
Pre-heat oven to 200oc
step 2
Place butter and sugar in large bowl and mix well
step 3
add the egg and vanilla essence and mix again
step 4
sieve in flour and salt to mix and combine well.
step 5
Cut the chocolate, but not to finely and add. Mix together then roll balls of mixture to about 2cm by 2cm and place on a baking tray with baking parchment on. Be careful not to put the cookies too close together.
step 6
Place in preheated oven for 7-10 minutes. Repeat until all cookies are cooked.
step 7
I use different kinds of chocolate and add nuts. For double chocolate cookies simply replace 50g flour with 75g chocolate powder.