Peanut butter cookies

These melt-in-the-mouth cookies are flavoured with crunchy peanut butter and the soft brown sugar brings a chewy texture.

Ingreadient

• 130g crunchy peanut butter
• 110g salted butter, at room temperature
• 100g granulated sugar
• 100g light brown soft sugar
• 1 eggs
• 180g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ¼ tsp salt

Step by step

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4. Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment. Put the peanut butter, butter, sugars and egg in a food processor and blend until just combined (or beat in a bowl with a wooden spoon). Add the dry ingredients; blend or beat again.
2. Roll heaped tablespoons of the cookie dough in your hands to make 3cm-wide balls. Put on the baking trays, spaced well apart as they will spread during cooking. Dip the prongs of a fork in flour; use the back to flatten each ball slightly.
3. Bake for 10–12 minutes or until the edges begin to turn golden. Cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely