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Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

Perfect peanut butter cookies.

Course Snack
Cuisine Modern Australian
Keyword cookies
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 16 serves

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 100 g softened butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1/2 cup of crunchy peanut butter
  • 230 g brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 185 g plain flour

Instructions

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 160 c
  2. Place butter, vanilla, peanut butter and brown sugar into a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and creamy.
  3. Add the egg and beat until well combined.
  4. Add the self-raising flour. Mix until well combined and a dough forms. Refrigerate until firm, about 20 minutes.
  5. Scoop out teaspoons full of dough. Roll it into balls. Place it on a baking tray and press lightly with a fork.
  6. Cook for 15- 20 minutes then allow them to cool before eating.

Recipe Notes

: this cookie dough likes to be rested in the fridge before it gets rolled into cookies and baked. I thought you'd like to be pre-warned.