Peanut Butter Cookies

[cookie1]

Peanut Butter Cookies

Makes about 36

Ingredients
200g plain flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
125g soft butter
100g caster sugar
65g soft brown sugar
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup unalted peanuts
a few extra peanuts for decoration

Method
Put all the ingredients except the extra peanuts into the bowl and blend on speed 4 for 10 seconds. Scrape the bowl down and blend for about another 8-10 seconds on speed 4.
Roll into balls ( I used about a teaspoon of mixture-heaped) and place on a lined tray. Push the top of the biscuit flat with the back of a spoon and place a peanut onto the dough and press down.
Bake at 150 C for about 20 minutes. Cool for a few minutes on the tray and then remove to cool completely on a rack.
These are a farily soft biscuit. They may become harder if you baked them for longer.

This recipe is based loosely on a recipe from "The Herald Sun" Tuesday 28th July, 2009

Members' comments

Narelle - Very yummy.  Made peanut butter first.  Left in the bowl and off we went. These would be extra yummy with choc chips instead of the 1/2 cup peanuts.  Would also be nice with cashew or other type of nut spread made from scratch. These were even more yummy the next day.

vivacity - I made a vegan version of peanut butter cookies recently which tasted great. If anyone's interested, here's the link:
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/peanut-butter-cookies-recipe.html  Instead of butter you use olive oil. Sounds strange, tastes great.

JD - as I like my biscuits crisp, cooked them for 10 minutes longer. Might just up the temperature next time and see how they cook in 20 minutes.  Very nice indeed and DH even asked for another one. I just love it when I have all the ingredients on hand and don't have to run around to the shop when I decide to do something on the spur of the moment. Thanks for the posting Cookie1.

Cuilidh - Made these yesterday - quick and easy to make.  I was tempted to add the choc chips, but restrained myself.  They are very nice cookies, perhaps a bit sweet for us but I can't see them lasting long in this house.

KerryN - We made Cookies original recipe of these this afternoon, except I used self raising flour instead of plain. They expanded heaps and were yummy! I even made my own peanut butter first too.

kmw - Came home to DH making these. They taste pretty good, he was disappointed they didn't rise but worked out he used corn flour as I had no label on it, as he didn't realise what baking powder was (he knew we had bakers flour). I thought it was a pretty good effort that he found a recipe on the forum & had a go.

Sim has posted an alternative biscuit on this thread, just scroll down on the first page.

[brazen20au]

mmmmmmmmmm i love peanut butter biccies!

[Thermomixer]

Peanut Butter Cookies

This recipe is based loosely on a recipe from "The Herald Sun" Tuesday 28th July, 2009

Melbourne trip was good for something      Good work - you don't need to feel as guilty as me !!

[~Narelle~]

Made these this morning.  Very yummy.  Made peanut butter first.  Left in the bowl and off we went.

These would be extra yummy with choc chips instead of the 1/2C peanuts.  Would also be nice with cashew or other type of nut spread made from scratch.

[Amanda]

Mmmm, chocolate chips.
I like the way you think!

[faffa_70]

YES!! Chocolate chips  We make peanut butter chocolate chip cookies - a triple batch at a time as they DO NOT last in this house - so now only make them occasionally as we are trying not to contribute to the growing girths too often  but they are sooooo yummy. We do a mix of milk and white chocolate chips 

[vivacity]

I made a vegan version of peanut butter cookies recently which tasted great. If anyone's interested, here's the link:

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/peanut-butter-cookies-recipe.html

Instead of butter you use olive oil. Sounds strange, tastes great.

[~Narelle~]

These were even more yummy today.  Pity but the kids don't like them  which is not so bad considering they can't go to day care or school cause both are nut free.  So I'll have to bake something else for them tomorrow.

[Thermomixer]

Great to have the vegan recipe for these - have to try them, but not tell people that they have oil instead of butter

[judydawn]

Made these cookies today and as I like my biscuits crisp, cooked them for 10 minutes longer. Might just up the temperature next time and see how they cook in 20 minutes.  Very nice indeed and DH even asked for another one with his last coffee before bed. I just love it when I have all the ingredients on hand and don't have to run around to the shop when I decide to do something on the spur of the moment. Thanks for the posting Cookie1. You really couldn't have chosen a more apt name for yourself 

[cookie1]

Thanks Judy. That comment made me feel all warm and fuzzy!  Actually my Dad used to call me Cookie. The one came about because I went to use it on another forum and there was already a Cookie so I added the one.

[Sim]

I made peanut butter cookies today and was going make a new post but they're really similar to these ones - so consider this a variation. They're dusted in sugar and contain chocolate chips.

They're from the wonderful blog Smitten Kitchen - http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/12/peanut-butter-cookies/

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup crunchy peanut butter at room temperature
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup peanut butter chips (these are an american product, I omitted them)
1/2 cup chocolate chips (or chopped up chocolate - I used dark chocolate)

For sprinkling: 1 tablespoon white sugar, regular or superfine

The only different approach I took to the method was to ensure that the baking soda and powder and salt were incorporated into the flour before adding other ingredients.

Roll dough into balls and coat in sugar, flatten with a fork.

Bake 180˚C / 350˚F for 10 to 12 minutes. Do not overbake - they will seem undercooked but they're not.

Pictures below - for some reason one of them is upside down  

[cookie1]

They look lovely Sim.

[Cuilidh]

Made these yesterday - quick and easy to make.  I was tempted to add the choc chips, but restrained myself.  They are very nice cookies, perhaps a bit sweet for us, but I can't see them lasting long in this house.

[cookie1]

Marina try reducing the sugar  a bit.