Peanut Butter Cookies

You may have noticed by now that I love peanut butter, especially when it's with chocolate! I adapted this recipe from the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook.

Makes 12

110g margerine
200g caster sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
100g peanut butter
160g self raising flour

-Preheat the oven at 180 degress
-cream the butter and sugar
-add the peanut butter, vanilla and egg and mix
-add the flour
-*optional* add 75g dark chocolate, chopped (I had less).
-Bake for approx 10 minutes or until brown on the edges.

Mine turned out a little undercooked so they were chewy but still very yummy.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients-

 

125g Margerine

125g Caster Sugar

100g Self Raising Flour

25g Cocoa

2 Medium Eggs

 

 

Icing-

 

50g Margerine

1 heaped dessert spoon of Peanut Butter

175g Icing Sugar

Approx 4 squares of Dark Chocolate- melted.

 

 

The method for these is super simple for the cakes- just whisk all ingredients in and bake at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

 

Similarly, with the icing just whisk it all up then I put it into a piping bag. Then I melted some dark chocolate and drizzled it over the top.

 



Pre- chocolate.

 Top Tips- If you want your icing to be stiffer and to set then use butter instead of margerine.
I like to use a tall glass to hold up my piping bag as I fill it, much easier.