In The Mix - Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

Name: Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

Company: Betty Crocker

Bought in: Tesco

The Betty Crocker website rates this recipe a level 1 (of 4) difficulty.

Preparation:  Not much preparation for this at all, make sure you have a mixing bowl, spoon  and baking tray ready and have fun!

My brother and I really enjoyed making Betty Crocker’s Chocolate Fudge Brownies (the review can be found here: http://time-for-tea-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/in-mix-betty-crocker-chocolate-brownie.html) and we enjoyed eating them even more, so we decided to try another of their packs. The cookie mix was the obvious choice, who doesn’t love cookies?! Whether its plain chocolate chip, double chocolate or triple chocolate and orange peel (to name a few). Cookies are a staple for any age group and perfect for a snack and a nice addition to any gathering. This recipe is lovely because it is so simple, this means you can create almost any time of cookie you like, just by adding in extra ingredients.

Part 1) Mix the cookie mix and water – that’s it, water, simple as that. The easiest of easy recipes that creates a really wonderful thick dough and comes with plenty of chocolate chips. Though feel free to add more if you like, maybe even some different types of chocolate, white, dark or orange, go nuts and add some nuts, make your cookies appealing by adding orange peel or even spice things up and add a touch of cinnamon.

Part 2) Separate the mix and place it on a baking tray. – make sure that the chocolate chips are evenly distributed; you don’t want a cookie with no chocolate in it! Separate the mix into balls and squash them into rounds, bigger and thicker if you want more chunky cookies or smaller if you want regular ones maybe even mini ones (remember that they will expand in the oven.). Place them on a baking tray with quite a bit of space between them and pop it in the oven.

Part 3) 12 minute cooking time - They smell amazing in the oven but by the 12 minute recommended cooking time they just  don’t look done to me. I must be really bad at judging this because by the time they do look done they are, of course, bone dry and taste burned… oh dear.

Notes: This is the easiest mix in the world, using just the mix and 2 table spoons (yes two table spoons) of water you can create perfect cookies if just you trust the recipe, it says 12 minutes for a reason, take them out at 12 minutes like the recipe says and try it! This recipe, like a lot of the Betty Crocker mix packs is available in the US in gluten free.