Almost-Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies

Famous Amos cookies has been a favourite among cookie lovers, who doesn't? But the price to pay for it can be steep, especially if you have a big appetite for cookies. That's why, you will only get free smells from Famous Amos outlets and no free samples. I've been trying to get their recipe from the net, if there's any leak but the closest one that I can get is from another blogger,  Ampin, without mentioning which cookie type it is in the recipe. Nonetheless, I guess it's the taste that matters the most. I bumped into another one self-proclaimed recipe  from Fad Mom, an easier version and here's the recipe. I shall reserved Ampin recipe for now.

INGREDIENTS
Part A

150gm unsalted butter
100gm granulated sugar
50gm brown sugar

1 medium egg - an extra yolk makes it richer

1 tsp vanilla essence 

Part B

250gm plain flour

20gm corn flour

1 tsp baking soda

30 gm cocoa powder

Part C

100gm toasted walnuts (coarsely chopped)
80gm chocolate chips

METHOD

1. Sift part B ingredients in a bowl, mix well and keep aside.
2. Cream butter with both sugar until light and fluffy. You will get a pale brownish color due to the brown sugar. If you're using a hand-mixer like I do, try to use a big bowl.

 3. Add egg and vanilla essence. Beat on medium speed until well mixed.
4. Using the lowest speed of the mixer, mix in the flour mixture until fully incorporate. I find my hands are better than the mixer for this step though.
5. Finally, add in the chopped nuts and chocolate chips. You may replace walnuts with any other type of nuts of your preference (pecans, macadamias, almond, cashew, etc). Combine well and you will get a dough structure.

6. Scoop the dough using a spoon or fingers and shape them into bite-size onto your baking pan, that has been lined with baking paper.
7. Bake the cookies in a pre-heated oven at 180 Celcius for about 20mins. You may notice some cracks on the cookies, which is perfectly normal.

8. Cool cookies on wire rack and enjoy!
 

TIPS

Besides good chocolate chips, try to use quality cocoa powder as the results may varies. My cookies are a bit dark as compared to Fad Mum. Probably, I should have use dutch-processed cocoa powder instead.