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:
- Preheat the oven to 190C.
- Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and creamy.
- Add in the peanut butter, egg, flour and baking powder and stir to combine.
- 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).
- Drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto a lightly greased baking tray, evenly spaced to allow for spreading during cooking.
- Bake the cookies for around 10 minutes, or until golden.
- Leave to cool on the baking tray for 2 minutes then remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
- 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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