Choc Chip Peanut Butter Cookie

 

 

 

Ingredients

 

50g Light brown soft sugar

50g Caster sugar

50g Unsalted butter

1 Large egg

1tsp Vanilla

50g Chocolate Chips

200g Crunchy peanut butter

1tsp Bicarbonate of soda

 

Pre heat the oven to 170oC and line a flat tray with grease proof paper.

 

Cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy then add the egg, peanut butter and vanilla mixing until smoothly combined. Stir in the flour and bicarb of soda. Now add the chocolate chips. It is a thick mixture and will require some elbow grease.

 

Get your hands in and roll some mixture into a ball about a tablespoon size then flatten on the baking tray you should get about 12. Leave space between them they will grow slightly. You may need to cook them in batches.  Bake for 10-12 minutes then remove and let cool. Seem soft? don't worry they firm up more as they cool.

Chocolate Cookies

Makes about 40 small cookies

Ingredients

225g Butter

225g Granulated Sugar

1 Egg

2tbsp Milk (or water)

2 1/2tsp Vanilla Extract

1/2tsp Salt

30g Cocoa Powder

290g Plain flour

To decorate

Any sprinkles, sugar, Icing you want :-)

Heat the oven to 190oC. Mix butter and sugar together with an electric whisk in a large bowl until light and fluffy. To this add the egg, milk, vanilla extract and salt and mix well. Now with a spoon stir in the cocoa and flour.

Lightly cover a work surface with flour roll your mix out and cut out whichever shapes you want. Then bake for 10-12 minutes you may need to increase the time further if you use a large cutter.

Once baked let the cookies chill and decorate however you want with icing, a dusting of sugar or various sprinkles.