Saturday 2 March 2013

Peanut butter & choc chunk cookies

Putting two of my favourite things together in a cookie was probably a bad idea, and I'd like to refer to these from now on as the Best. Cookies. Ever. I went mad with the peanut butter, whole peanuts (salted, because I love a bit of salt with chocolate) and smashed up Bourneville dark chocolate, all baked into a heavenly mess of cookie-related goodness. It's a wonder I gave some away to a lovely friend of mine, although better for my waistline. Be warned, PB fans, you will not want to share!







Ingredients:


125g butter
150g soft brown sugar
125g chunky peanut butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
150g plain flour, sifted
0.5 tsp baking powder
100g peanuts,
80g good quality dark chocolate, broken into pieces

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 190C.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and creamy.
  3. Add in the peanut butter, egg, flour and baking powder and stir to combine.
  4. Stir in the peanuts and chocolate chunks (tip: break the chocolate in the packet by hitting it against a work surface, it's much easier that breaking every chunk by hand, and far less messy).
  5. Drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto a lightly greased baking tray, evenly spaced to allow for spreading during cooking.
  6. Bake the cookies for around 10 minutes, or until golden. 
  7. Leave to cool on the baking tray for 2 minutes then remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely. 
  8. Store in an airtight tin, if you can manage to resist eating them all in one go (ok, this makes quite a few, so you might need to invite friends round really. If you can bear to share...) 

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