Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
- 250 grams flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 145 grams caster sugar
- 75 grams unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 pieces limes for fresh lime zest
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 150 grams white chocolate chips
- 1 egg yolk
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 170 C. Lightly grease and flour two baking trays.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder and stir in the sugar.
- Whisk together the butter, peanut butter, lime juice, zest, vanilla extract, egg and egg yolk.
- Add the butter mixture to the flour mixture and stir until a firm dough forms.
- Take tablespoons of the dough and roll into balls and then into round cookies.
- Place them onto the baking trays and bake for 10 minutes or until firm.
- Cool for 5 minutes and then place onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Melt the chocolate in a water bath and drizzle over cooled cookies. Leave to set.