Choc chip, fruit and fruit cookies

Been looking for a simple recipe that doesn't involve too much technique. The hardest part about this recipe was assembling the ingredients - that took me 45 minutes (excluding grocery shopping!) The whole process took close to 3 hours but only because I was waiting for the butter to come up to room temperature. 

Recipe from https://rasamalaysia.com/chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe/ I have adapted the method and added ingredients.

Ingredients (Makes 42 cookies)

320g flour

80g corn starch

2 tbsp cocoa powder

¼ tsp baking soda (it is important to measure or you'll end up with soapy tasting cookies!)

½ tsp vanilla extract

pinch of salt

250g butter, softened

120g fine white sugar

100g brown sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten (room temp is best)

250g choc chips (I made the mistake of using melting chips which melted at summer room temps. Urgh. I used raisins and choc chips to make up 250g in total)

100g chopped almonds

Method

1. Combine the flours, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Use a sift if desired. Set aside in a bowl.

2. In a stand mixer bowl, combine the butter and sugars. Cream them at Speed 6 for about 4 minutes, stopping every 30 seconds or so to scrape down. Cream until paler in colour and the sugar grains are no longer discernible. If you don't have a stand mixer, creaming by hand is fine. Finally, add the vanilla.

3. Pour in the beaten egg a little at a time and continue to beat.

4. Sift in the flours and stir into the batter.

5. Stir in the choc chips (and raisins if using), and chopped almonds. Reserve a few choc chips and nuts for decoration.

6. On a prepared baking parchment, dollop on the cookie dough. Decorate with leftover choc chips and nuts. I used a cookie scoop (about 1 tbsp each). Ideally, if time permits, put the dough in the fridge for about 20 minutes to make it easier to work with. Roll into tall cylindrical balls so that the cookies hold their shape better.

7. Bake at 200 deg C for 10 minutes for soft cookie and 12 minutes for crunchier cookie. The cookies don't really spread in the oven so they can be placed more closely together on the parchment.

8. Remove from oven and let the cookies cool on a rack (they crisp up) before consuming.

Recipe feedback - The cookies weren't too sweet so no need to reduce the sugar.