Peanut Butter Cookies
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 26
Ingredients
115g butter, softened (a little extra for greasing)
- 115g crunchy peanut butter
- 115g caster sugar
- 115g light muscovado sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 85g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 115g rolled oats
Method
- STEP 1Preheat the oven to 180c/350f/Gas Mark 4. Grease a large baking tray.
- STEP 2Place the butter and the peanut butter in a bowl and beat together. Beat in the caster sugar and muscovado sugar, then gradually beat in the egg and the vanilla essence.
- STEP 3Sift in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt into the mixture, add the oats and stir until just combined.
- STEP 4Place spoonfuls of the mixture onto the prepared baking trays, spaced well apart to allow for spreading. Flatten slightly with a fork.
- STEP 5Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. Leave to cool on a baking tray for 2 minutes, then transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.