Peanut Butter & Chocolate | Yum!

These cookies simply melt in the mouth! I made them with smooth peanut butter but I can only imagine the awesomeness of crunchy PB!

Makes 20-30 cookies

Ingredients

170g Plain flour

40g Cocoa powder

1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

Pinch of Salt

115g Unsalted Butter, Softened

120g Crunchy Peanut butter

90g Caster sugar, plus 30g extra for rolling

70g Light brown soft sugar

1 Large Egg

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Method:

1) Preheat the oven to 170oC/ 150oC/ 325oF/ Gas Mark 3, and line 2-3 baking trays with baking parchment.

2) Sift together the Flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt.

3) Cream the butter, peanut butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Aff the edd and vanilla extract and mix wel, scraping down the sides of the bowl as you go. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined and a dough is formed.

4) Put the extra caster sugar in a small bowl. Roll the dough into 4-5 cm (1 /2 - 2in) balls, and roll each ball in the caster sugar to coat. Place the dough balls onto the prepared baking trays, keeping them about 4 cm (1 1/2in) apart,

5) Bake for 10-15 minuted or until the cookeies have a crusty surface and have cracked. Cool completely before serving.