chocolate chip cookies

Chocolate chip cookies

Baking

Simple Israeli cookies: a dough made with margarine, two types of sugar, and vanilla, filled with chocolate chips, hand-shaped, and baked for 20 minutes.

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This recipe is made without a mixer, and takes about 30 minutes. Margarine can be replaced with oil, and some of the flour can be substituted with rolled oats. The combination of white, milk, and dark chocolate gives the mixture a distinctive flavor.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$5.17 $0.22 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

24 people
  • $0.80
  • $0.69
  • $0.19
  • $0.60
  • $0.59
  • $0.04
  • $2.26

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  2. Whisk the eggs with the sugar. ≈ 4 min
  3. Add the liquid ingredients: melted margarine (or oil) and vanilla. ≈ 3 min
  4. Add the flour, salt, and yeast, and knead. ≈ 10 min
  5. Finally, incorporate the chocolate chips by kneading the dough again. ≈ 10 min
  6. Shape small balls and flatten them with your fingers. ≈ 10 min
  7. Arrange them on the baking sheet, spacing them out, and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes.

The bill

Chocolate chip cookies

  • 2 eggs$0.80
  • 200 g of melted margarine (or ⅔ cup of oil)$0.69
  • 1 cup of granulated sugar$0.19
  • ½ cup of light brown sugar$0.60
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract$0.59
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder (or baking soda)$0.04
  • 1 cup of chocolate chips (about 200g) or very finely chopped chocolate$2.26

Total$5.17

that's $0.22 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 200 g of melted margarine (or ⅔ cup of oil)
  • 1 cup of granulated sugar
  • ½ cup of light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • A pinch of salt
  • 2 ½ cups of flour (1 cup can be substituted with rolled oats)
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder (or baking soda)
  • 1 cup of chocolate chips (about 200g) or very finely chopped chocolate

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