Double chocolate peanut butter cookies

Name: Double chocolate peanut butter cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 120 g (4 oz) dark chocolate; 120 g (4 oz) salted butter; 300 g (11 oz) sugar; 3 eggs, beaten; 120 g (4 oz) flour; 1½ teaspoons baking powder; 120 g (4 oz) cocoa powder; 120 g (4 oz) milk chocolate, cut into pieces measuring about 1 cm (½ inch); 150 g (5 oz) peanut butter; 50 g (2 oz) icing sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
36
cookies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Chocolate

By Trish Deseine

Published 2003

About

With 2 types of chocolate chip plus cocoa powder, this recipe doesn’t skimp on chocolate taste. The savoury flavour of the peanuts creates a wonderful contrast. These very rich cookies really are better if made very small.

Ingredients

The cookies

120 g (4 oz) dark chocolate
120 g (4

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C (325°F), Gas Mark 3. Melt the dark chocolate with the butter in a microwave oven or bain-marie.

Leave to cool, then add the sugar, followed by the eggs. Add the flour, baking powder and cocoa. Stir well, then incorporate the milk chocolate pieces.