Much as i adore cookies, i don't make them very often, because, well, i tend to hoard the whole batch to myself and polish them off. Yes, i know, i'm a glutton and i love my cookies maybe a little too much, no shame in that :)
A quick flip through a cookie book while watching an episode of Heroes (yes i multi-task that way a lot) proved to be too much of an temptation for me late one night. Especially when i came across the recipe for peanut butter and chocolate cookies. As i scanned through the ingredients list, mentally ticking off everything i had in the kitchen, i started tuning out from the ongoing show. The room seemed to have gone silence in that few moments and nothing stood between me and my recipe.
Surprise surprise, i just loved this cookie. Packed with liberal amounts of dark chocolate and salted peanuts, and having both peanut butter and chocolate in the batter itself, this was downright sinful but so damned good. I especially loved how the smoothness and slightly bitter taste of the dark chocolate really cut through the rich texture of the cookie.
Peanut butter and chocolate, both in a cookie? It really doesn't get much better than that.
Just on a side note, it still amazes me how, despite not having any visual stimulus, i find myself going back to this book time and time again. Such is the power of Maida Heatter (and a tiny bit of blind faith) and she has never let me down. Gotta love her.
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cookies [taken from Maida Heatter's Brand-New Book of Great Cookies]
Ingredients
170g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
3/4 cup sifted plain flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
125g butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 cup salted peanuts, roughly chopped
- Preheat oven to 175C. Line two baking trays with baking paper and set aside.
- Sift flour, cocoa and baking soda into a large bowl and set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, mix butter, vanilla and peanut butter till well combined. Add in sugar, beat well. Add egg and combine well.
- Fold in flour mixture. Add peanuts and chopped chocolate, mixing well.
- Drop dough in heaping teaspoonfuls onto prepared baking trays, placing them about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for about 12 minutes, rotating trays from front to back halfway through. Cookies will still be too soft when you remove them from the oven. They will become firm when cooled completely. Makes 36 cookies
10 comments:
Wow, these look delicious!
I'm intrigued by the use of salted peanuts in this cookie!
I love home baked goods a lot!! But the last time I got obsessive with it due to my gluttony nature, I put on shitloads of weight and today, my bye bye arms stay put there .. haikz~
hey there laureen (hope i got your name correct), thx for linking me. actually your macarons don't look too bad you know! lovely blog by the way =)
Thanks Pat :) I threw that in because it was all i had on hand. I'm usually not a fan of nuts in cookies but i couldn't get enough of this one.
hey Michie! Haha tell me about it. That's the peril of baking i guess but nothing beats the aroma of freshly baked goods yeah? By the way,say what you will about your weight and all, i think you're gorgeous :)
Thanks for dropping by, Evan. Yup, you got that right, i've had tons of variations of spellings of my name growing up. :) You're way too kind, my macaroons still need tons of work but thank you :) By the way, i love your display picture.
These look really good! I'm beginning to feel the itch to bake cookies again, after seeing this post :p Btw, are they crunchy throughout, or with a chewy center?
hey :)
They're crunchy throughout. I was skeptical they would be coz they were really soft straight out of the oven. But just as Maida said they would, they did firm up as they cooled.
I can't wait to see what you come up with :)
Cookies, chocolate, peanut butter, Heroes....it's like looking in a mirror! Your cookies look beautiful. I recently posted a recipe for double chocolate peanut butter cookies. You would like it. And it would help pass the time till a new episode of Heroes comes out.
Double chocolate peanut butter cookies? Wow, you're up me one notch :)
Your photos are just gorgeous. All that ice cream's making me wanna reach into my freezer to grab some.
ooh thank you for posting the recipe. they look delicious!! i'm a sucker for chocolate cookies - though i do like a chewy centre, might be a weekend project :D
You're most welcome- good recipes won't be half as good if they weren't shared :) I love chewy cookies too :)
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