Peanut Butter Cookies with Salted Peanuts
Peanut Butter Cookies with Salted Peanuts, crunchy and scrumptious, and so easy to make, these cookies are a big favourite with everyone in the family. The peanut butter adds richness and a gorgeous salty touch, while the peanuts add a good crunch. What a treat!
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 143kcal
Ingredients
- 175 g plain flour (1 ⅓ cup)
- 100 g butter, soften (½ cup)
- 1 egg
- 200 g smooth peanut butter (¾ cup)
- 100 g caster sugar (½ cup)
- 100 g dark brown sugar (½ cup +1 tbsp)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 65 g salted peanuts (¼ cup)
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add the caster sugar, brown sugar and soften butter, and beat well to get a smooth texture.
- Add the egg and beat again.
- Add the peanut butter, and beat again for a further 30 seconds.
- Sift in the flour and baking powder, and use a spatula to bring everything together into a small dough.
- Leave the dough to rest for 5-10 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit).
- Line 2 large baking trays with non-stick paper.
- With wet hands, scoop out dough to shape a ball of 25 g (0.8 oz).
- Repeat with the rest of the dough.
- Use a fork to press down on each ball to flatten it to a half a cm thickness.
- Top each cookie with 4 or 5 peanuts, then bake for 15 minutes or until golden.
- Remove from the oven, and leave them to cool for 5-10 minutes before arranging them on a cooling rack.
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Notes
- If you'd like to see the ingredients listed in cups and ounces, please check the US Customary Link.
- Also, the amount of ingredients changes depending on the servings, so click on the number listed to change it to the number you prefer.
- The dough might not look thick enough, but do not be tempted to add any more flour, or the cookies will not spread the way the should.
- Simply leave the dough to rest for 5 so that all the ingredients can bind together, and the batter will thicken further.
- You can dip the fork you use for flattening the cookies in a bowl of water, as the batter might stick to the fork when you press them down. I like making a cross sign with the fork, it looks pretty nice on the cookies.
Nutrition
Calories: 143kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 93mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 114IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg