Cookie Mad: Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

I cant quite decide what I prefer: making cookies, inventing recipes, or actually eating them. They are one of my favourite treats which are always so moreish. I have to admit to a few times driving 20 minutes to the supermarket to buy a bag of 5 double chocolate cookies and eating all of them on the 20 minute drive home, they are so addictive!

These days when I have a cookie craving I tend to get cooking ASAP and I can devoir more delicious cookies and a larger batch of them at that!

I have tried a few variations of this recipe but I think that finally I have got it just right. As much as a cookie fiend I am, I am an even bigger peanut butter fan, I am constantly trying to find new ways to bring peanut butter into a recipe.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

100g of dark chocolate or dark chocolate chips

1 egg

125g granulated sugar

50g Plain Flour

 2 tbsp. Peanut Butter

50g Peanuts

• Preheat the oven to 195oc and prepare two baking trays with greaseproof paper.
• In a large mixing bowl combine the sugar and the flour, then crack the egg into the mixture and stir.
• Add the chocolate chips or cut your chocolate into small chunks and add to the mixture.
• Now add the 2 tbsp. of peanut butter and mix well.
• Using teaspoons, create small balls with the mixture, no bigger than a ping pong ball. The mixture will be pretty sticky, place 6 on each tray spreading out evening.
• Once you have dished out the mixture, flatten the balls slightly with a fork.
• Bake for 12 minutes until golden.

These cookies are amazing warm, so get in there as soon as they come out of the oven, they are so hard to resist. Why not try a couple in a bowl with a scoop of ice cream, trust me its amazing!

Cookie Mad: Nutella Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

These cookies are absolute heaven, they are amazing fresh out of the oven, obviously after 10 minutes cooling time. They are the perfect combination of chewy, melty and soft. They are surprisingly easy to make, there is a little bit of a rest time but they are well worth the wait in my opinion. 

This is a pretty impressive cookie recipe, the results 9 times out of 10 are perfect and they are amazing served warm, melted Nutella in a crisp and chewy peanut shell. Gorgeous. I first tried this recipe to try and impress my partner as he is a real fan of both Nutella and peanut butter, scrumptious spreadable goodness which is just too moreish.

There is a bit of a process which goes on with this recipe, and you have to be quite patient. The recipe can create up to 22 cookies, which you have to mould by hand and you will need to ensure you have wrapped the cookies up perfectly otherwise they can turn out a little bit messy. So to ensure the best results, make sure you have time in order to make these cookies.

Nutella Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies

1/2 cup Nutella 1 3/4 cups Plain Flour
1 tsp. Bicarbonate of Soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
 100g unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 large egg 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

• Scoop out 22 1-teaspoon sized scoops of Nutella onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Freeze until solid, about 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 195oc. Line large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter and sugars on medium-high speed until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Beat in the peanut butter until fully combined. Beat in the egg and then the vanilla. On low speed gradually add the flour mixture.
• Take a ping pong ball sized amount of dough into your hands and roll into ball. Using your other palm, press the dough flat into your hand. Take the frozen Nutella, place it in the middle of the dough and wrap it around the  Nutella and roll back into a ball. Place on the baking tray. Repeat with the remaining dough.
• Bake for about 12 minutes, or until slightly browned. Allow the cookies to cool on the pan slightly before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

These cookies are amazing warm, so get in there as soon as they come out of the oven, they are so hard to resist. Why not try a couple in a bowl with a scoop of ice cream, trust me its amazing!