Home Baking - Peanut Butter Cookies

Wow, we've been spending half day doing 1 of the Chinese new year cookies which is peanut butter cookies. It looks great and taste nice too. If you have time, you can also do it yourself. :D Here is the recipe..

Ingredients: 

140 g plain flour

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

115g butter, at room temp

165 light brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla esence

265 crunchy peanut butter (wow, expensive cookies if you buy branded peanut butter.. :P)

Steps...

1. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt and set aside.
2. Cream your butter and sugar until light and fluffy using electric mixer. Add the egg and continue beating to blend.
3. In another bowl, mix the egg and vanilla, then gradually beat into the butter mixture. 
4. Stir in the peanut butter and blend thoroughly. Then, stir in the dry ingredients (#1). Refrigerate for at least 30 min...
5. Preheat oven to 180C.
6. Make round shape and press flat with a fork. Make a criss-cross pattern. Bake 16-18minutes until lightly coloured. 

Make the dough into ball shape. Then press flat with a fork. Make a criss-cross  pattern

Bake @ 180C for 15-16 minutes

Cool it down and ready to serve! :D

Roey&Lynn^^