Peanut butter cookies
We trawled though all the Australian Women's Weekly peanut butter cookie recipes from over the years before narrowing our selection down to three, which we taste-tested, side-by-side. This was voted the winner for peanut taste and crisp chewy texture.
- Makes 18
- 45 mins cooking
Ingredients
Peanut butter cookies
- 60 gram (2 ounces) butter
- 1/2 cup (130g) smooth peanut butter
- 1/2 cup (110g) caster (superfine) sugar
- 1/2 cup (110g) firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup (140g) roasted unsalted peanuts, chopped coarsely
- 40 gram g (1½-ounce) chocolate-coated honeycomb bar, chopped coarsely
- 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
Method
Peanut butter cookies
- 1Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Grease three oven trays; line each with baking paper.
- 2Beat butter, peanut butter and sugars in a small bowl with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg until just combined. Stir in peanuts and honeycomb, then sifted flour.
- 3Roll 1½ tablespoons of mixture into balls; place 3cm (1¼ inches) apart on trays. Flatten mixture slightly, pushing any nuts or honeycomb back into mixture if they fall out.
- 4Bake biscuits 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on tray.
