How to Prepare Tasty Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies.

You can cook Peanut Butter Cookies using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Peanut Butter Cookies

1. You need 200 grams of plain flour (7 oz).
2. Prepare 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda.
3. You need 115 grams of unsalted butter (4 oz).
4. It's 100 grams of caster sugar (3 1/2 oz).
5. It's 100 grams of unrefined light brown sugar (3 1/2 oz).
6. You need 1 of egg.
7. Prepare 225 grams of crunchy peanut butter (8oz).
8. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.

Peanut Butter Cookies step by step

1. Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda together.
2. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugars until soft and creamy.
3. Combine the egg, flour mixture, peanut butter and salt.
4. Add the butter and sugar mixture, and mix until smooth.
5. Wrap the dough in foil or parchment and refrigerate for at least two hours, preferably overnight.
6. Pre-heat the oven to 160ºC (325ºF / Gas mark 3).
7. Shape the dough into 3-cm (1 1/4-in) balls and place them 5cm (2 in) apart on baking sheets. Flatten slightly with a fork..
8. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden.
9. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
10. Store in an airtight container for up to five days.