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peanut butter & honey cookies

One of my favourite things in the whole-wide-world is peanut butter ( I don’t think anyone has ever noticed…hehe…so you can expect more peanut butter recipes…hopefully soon)…and now I have paired it with another of my other favourite things – cookies! These are delicious, soft and moreish peanut butter and honey cookies.

I was inspired to develop this recipe from all the international blogs I follow – they are forever making peanut butter sweet treats…which make so liss for peanut butter & sugar.

If you like your cookies to have a slightly more toffee-like flavour than peanut butter, add a little more honey. I was a little more conservative with my quantities but as long as you balance it out by adding some more flour…it will be perfect. You are looking for a soft dough consistency…not too sticky but not too dry.

You can make the balls the size you like, I like mine a little bigger and thicker so I made them 3 – 4 cm in diameter. However, you can make them smaller or bigger – just remember to adjust the cooking time slightly and keep an eye on them so you don’t burn them.

I like mine cooked so that they are just soft in the middle but crisp on the outside and quite thick – perfect for dunking in coffee! Yum! While sitting here in Parys at a client conference, writing this…I am wishing I was snacking on a few but sadly I have none as I sent them to my husband’s office to treat the guys (and they ate them all – not even a crumb left).

Below is the recipe and a few pics I took of my cookies – they were sooooo delicious!

peanut butter & honey cookies

Ingredients

3 1/4 cups cake flour
1 1/2 tsp bicarb
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup honey, runny
1 cup peanut butter
1 - 2 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs

Method

Mix together flour, bicard and salt, and set aside.
In a mixing bowl/stand mixer (I used a Kenwood kMix), beat butter for about 30 second till creamed. Add sugar and peanut butter and beat until fluffy. Add eggs, vanilla and honey, beat well.
Add flour mixture and mix until combined.
Refrigerate dough for at least 1 - 2 hours (the longer you refrigerate the less they spread).
Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
Remove the dough from the fridge, shape into the balls and place on a baking tray. Use a fork to create stripes or crisscross on top.
Bake in the oven for approx 10 mins or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and let them cool completely & enjoy!

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