Family Friendly Recipes

Here you'll find all our tweaked and much loved family recipes that we have made our own over the years. From our random easy throw together meals to our every day baking staples.

As a family we love to experiment with ingredients and methods on how to improve the good old recipes everyone generally knows. The kids and I love to bake and make as much as we can from scratch, from our favourite yet simple bread to the best double choc chip cookies.

We love all things from scratch and being able to cook and bake as a family, and of course what little one doesn't like to lick the spoon and eat all the goodies in the process.

Every week they'll be a new recipe available with a printable download so you can start to out together your own Family Favourite Recipe Book!

Double Choc Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cup Plain Flour

1 tsp Bi-Carb Soda

1 1/2 tsp Cornstarch

1/2 tsp Salt

3/4 cup Unsalted Butter (170gms) melted

3/4 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 cup Sugar

1 Egg

1 Egg Yolk

2 tsp Vanilla Extract

1 cup Milk Choc Chip

1 cup White Choc Chips

Method:

Step 1: Mix together flour, cornstarch, bi-carb soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Set aside

Step 2: Melt butter, then mix with brown sugar and white sugar until no sugar lumps appear.

Step 3: Mix in the egg and egg yolk. Mix in Vanilla Extract.

Step 4: Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients an mix well.

Step 5: Add all Choc Chips and mix well, roll dough into heaped ball and wrap with food wrap.

Step 6: Chill in fridge for at least 2hrs.

Step 7: Once dough is softened, roll out and shape cookies. Bake at 165 degrees for 10-12 mins.