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Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate


Course Dessert, Tea Time
Difficulty Low
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 23 minutes
Servings 20 cookies
Author Lorena Salinas from Cravings Journal

Ingredients

For the peanut butter cookies

  • 240 g peanut butter
  • 100 g unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 70 g granulated sugar
  • 70 g brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 120 g all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

For the chocolate drizzle

  • 40 g dark chocolate I used 60% cacao
  • coarse sea salt to taste

Instructions

For the cookies

  1. Mix the peanut butter with the butter in an electric mixer or with a whisk until completely blended together.

  2. Add the granulated and brown sugar and mixx until fluffy.

  3. Add the egg and vanilla essence and mix again.

  4. Finish by mixing in the flour, salt and baking powder with a spatula.

  5. Shape them with a cookie scoop or you hands with a bit of vegetable oil. Lay them on an oven tray with silpat or baking paper and flatten them out a bit using a small spatula or flat knife with a bit of water.

  6. Take to a preheated oven at 180C for 8-10min or until barely starting to become golden.

For the chocolate drizzle

  1. Melt the chocolate in 30 second intervals, mixing in between.

  2. Drizzle the chocolate using a teaspoon and then finish with a bit of coarse sea salt.

  3. Let them cool down completely before removing from the baking tray.