Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
- 225g unsalted butter at room temperature
- 200g caster sugar
- 200g soft light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 240g crunchy peanut butter
- 340g plain flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 75g dark chocolate chopped (optional)
Method:
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees C
- Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time mixing well
- Turn down mixer to slow speed and beat in the vanilla extract and peanut butter
- Add flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt and mix well until a smooth dough is formed
- Sitr in chocolate until evenly dispersed
- Arrange equal amounts of cookie dough on each prepared baking tray.
- Ensure you are leaving space to spread while baking
- Bake in oven for about 10 minutes or until golden brown and flat
- Cool slightly on trays before turning out onto wire cooling rack.
- Should be soft and chewy
- Makes 24
