Friday Workout with Mr Griffin

Challenge yourself: Repeat the workout as many times as you can, give yourself a one minute rest in-between each attempt.

Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 150g salted butter, softened
• 80g light brown muscovado sugar
• 80g granulated sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 225g plain flour
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• 200g plain chocolate chips or chunks

Method

• STEP 1 Heat the oven to 190C/fan170C/gas 5 and line two baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
• STEP 2 Put 150g softened salted butter, 80g light brown muscovado sugar and 80g granulated sugar into a bowl and beat until creamy.
• STEP 3 Beat in 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1 large egg.
• STEP 4 Sift 225g plain flour, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda and ¼ tsp salt into the bowl and mix it in with a wooden spoon.
• STEP 5 Add 200g plain chocolate chips or chunks and stir well.
• STEP 6 Use a teaspoon to make small scoops of the mixture, spacing them well apart on the baking trays. This mixture should make about 30 cookies.
• STEP 7 Bake for 8–10 mins until they are light brown on the edges and still slightly soft in the centre if you press them.
• STEP 8 Leave on the tray for a couple of mins to set and then lift onto a cooling rack.