Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut butter cookies are a firm favourite. They are easy to make and cook in less than 10 minutes - what's not to love!
Servings: 12
Calories: 241kcal
Ingredients
- 100 g butter softened/room temperature
- 100 g light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 200 g smooth peanut butter
- 150 g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt only if using unsalted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas mark 4.
- In a bowl beat the soft butter and sugar together. Beat the egg and then add to the butter and sugar mixture along with the peanut butter, mixing it well.
- Sift the flour and baking powder together into the bowl.
- Mixing it until everything is well combined into a smooth dough.
- With lightly floured hands, form small balls from the dough, about the sizes of walnuts, place them on a lined baking tray with space in between.
- Using the back of a fork, press each dough ball down to flatten it. Create a cross by pressing it down again in the other direction. This helps to make sure the cookie cooks evenly throughout.
- Place in the oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown. The cookies will be soft when you first take them out of the oven, but they will continue to cook and harden up as you leave them to cool down.
- Once they have cooled down, transfer them to a plate for serving, or an airtight container for storing.
- Optionally sprinkle with some icing sugar before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 265mg | Potassium: 125mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 228IU | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg
