Peanut Butter Cookies

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Peanut buttery glory.

If you’re anything like me, you can’t get enough of peanut butter. I eat it on bananas, with apples, on toast, on crumpets – hell, on a spoon, straight from the jar on some mornings! That’s why I love these cookies – they are soft and chewy and oh-so-peanut-buttery. Truly a divinely indulgent treat!

This is a generous recipe that will make approximately 30 cookies.

You will need:

  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup chunky peanut butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 beaten eggs
  • 2 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  1. Preheat the oven to 180°c. Get your apron on and your playlist going. Something mellow perhaps – maybe some Jack Johnson?
  2. Cream together the butter/marg, the peanut butter, the white and brown sugars.
  3. Add the 2 beaten eggs and the vanilla and beat well.
  4. Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt over the creamed mixture and stir until well combined.
  5. Chill the dough mixture in the fridge until it is easily handled. Shape into 1 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet (or baking tray if you don’t have one).
  6. Bake for approximately 12-15 minutes until light brown and slightly cracked. Be careful not too cook too long or they will lose their chewiness! Cool on a wire rack and carefully slide off the cookies when cool.
  7. Delicious served with milk! :)
Sneaky tip – why not make an ice cream sandwich? Just scoop some of your favourite vanilla ice cream onto the underside of one of your cookies, and plonk a second cookie on top! Yummy! :)

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