Peanut Butter Cookies
Rich, flavorful peanut butter cookies that puff up and round out as they bake.
Ingredients
diced butter
115 g
brown muscovado sugar
115 g
egg
1
cake flour
150 g
baking powder
1/2 tsp
crunchy peanut butter
150 g
powdered sugar (for dusting)
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 190°C (gas mark 6). Grease 2 baking sheets.
2
Step 2
In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg.
3
Step 3
Add the flour, baking powder, and peanut butter, and mix until all ingredients are fully combined.
4
Step 4
Drop spoonfuls of the dough onto the greased baking sheets, leaving plenty of space between them for the cookies to spread while baking. Bake in batches if necessary.
5
Step 5
Bake for approximately 20 minutes, until the cookies have puffed up; they should feel very soft to the touch.
6
Step 6
Let the cookies rest on the baking sheets for about 5 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. Lightly dust with powdered sugar before serving.
