Choc-Chip Biscuits

Ingredients:
125g butter, softened
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 egg
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark chocolate, chopped*

*For Orange Choc-Chip or Caramel Choc-Chip Biscuits, omit the vanilla and use "Intense Orange" or "Crunchy Caramel" Lindt Excellence chocolate instead of plain chocolate.

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees and line 2 baking trays with non-stick paper.
2. Cream the butter, brown sugar and caster sugar until creamy; add vanilla essence.
3. Beat in the egg until well combined.
4. Mix in the flour and salt until the mixture forms a dough.
5. Add the chocolate, a little at a time, until it is evenly spread throughout the dough.
6. Place tablespoons of the dough on to baking trays, 2cm apart.
7. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until slightly brown; cool on wire racks.

Adapted from "Chocolate Chip Cookies" in Gabriel Gate. (2006). The chocolate lovers: a children's story and cookbook. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin.