Check out these Dark & Chewy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies. They are a favourite recipe of mine. Sweet, chocolatey, peanutty, chewy yumciousness which are incredibly simple to make. You can knock up a batch in about half an hour, if you work with speedy hands.
I have recently been revisiting old recipes and whilst doing so, have been updating a few photographs. Some of my earlier photos were so cruddy, that making recipes again seems a great opportunity for a revamp. Midge over at Peachicks Bakery has also been doing a few updates under the hashtag #RecipeRefurb, so I thought I would join her!
A couple of weeks ago, I made a double batch of these cookies for a Unit team day at work. They went down a storm with lots of colleagues telling me they needed the recipe. I’m not surprised. They are laden with oodles of crunchy peanut butter and cocoa and stuffed full of chocolate chips. Let’s face it…. there’s no better combo than chocolate and peanut for sheer indulgence and cookie comfort.
When I devised the recipe, it was loosely based on my earlier Peanut Chocolate-Chip Biscuits, but these cookies are much softer, spread further when baked and have had the flour removed and replaced with a cocoa hit. Each batch makes 18 to 20 cookies which should go a long way, but be warned….. they are totally addictive…. They don’t last over at the Gluten Free Alchemist….
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Dark & Chewy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies (makes 18 to 20 cookies)
Ingredients
150g crunchy peanut butter
Method
- Line 2 baking sheets with baking paper.
- Preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F/ Gas 4.
- Weigh and mix together the sugar, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda, ensuring any lumps of sugar are completely broken down.
- Add the peanut butter, vanilla and egg and stir thoroughly until the mixture is well-combined and even.
- Add the chocolate chunks and mix again until evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- Divide the dough into approximately 14 even-sized portions, rolling into balls with your hands.
- Flatten each ball slightly between the palms of your hands and place on the baking sheets allowing room for spreading between each.
- Bake for 9 to 10 minutes, swapping the trays around in the oven half way through cooking to ensure an even bake.
- Remove from the oven and leave on the trays for about 10 minutes until the cookies are firm enough to transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Chocolate cookies are my all time favourite!The pics are making me drool and luckily I have everything here already to make these.
my kids loves cookies.They loves chocolate.I was tried last week, it so tasty . my kids loved it.
Fantastic! Glad they went down well x
Got a batch coming out of the oven cooling right now….
You inspired me to have a go at them.
They smell divine
cheers Sue
Oooohhhh…. exciting! Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you! I hope they were lovely and you enjoyed them as much as we did!! x
They look absolutely stunning Kate and I love love love chocolate and peanut butter! Thanks for linking up to #TreatPetite
Thanks Kat. You're welcome. You can't really go wrong with the chocolate-PB combo can you? Definitely a favourite of mine too! x
The cookies are fab, I would love to bake them. I'm not baking gluten free often, so I would love a challenge too.
Thanks Anca. The beauty of these is that because they are flourless, they are naturally gluten free. Let me know if you try them! x
Very nice recipe and they looks so perfectly made. I would dive in and grab a few!!
Thanks Alida. Once tried it is hard to stop at a few! xx
Oh my! I would need to stay WELL away from these because I'd demolish them all in one go! They look utterly incredible x
Yes Vicki…. they are rather dangerous….. But sometimes dangerous is worth it! x
these look seriously moreish Kate! Like mega yummy! I love your photos – I mean they always look fabulous, but they just make you want to reach in a grab a cookie to eat!
Thank you for linking up to #Bakeoftheweek x
Aww thanks Jenny. If they look on screen good enough to grab, then I will take that as a job well done! But good pics or not, they are 'mega yummy' for sure! x
Love the look of these and what a gorgeous shot too! Got a redundant jar of peanut butter that needs a make-over, I know what to do with it now!!!
Thank you Rebecca. I hope you enjoy(ed) them as much as us! x
Oh wow, these look so rich and alluring. Great news that they can be made in half an hour too – We are not the most patient in our house! Thanks so much for joining in with #BakeoftheWeek
Thanks Helen. I'm not very patient either so am always far happier with a quick start to finish recipe! x
Oh my – these look incredible!! I could quite happily scoff the lot 😀 Eb x
Thanks Eb….. Yes! I pretty much did! x
These biscuits look divine would never have guessed they were gluten free. The crumb looks delicious. Thank you for sharing on #CookBlogShare
Thanks Jacqueline. You're welcome xx
They look amazing and so inviting with all those lovely little cracks on them. I have to say it's a couple of years since I've made peanut butter cookies and so definitely time I revisited them. I'm also slowly going through and trying to remake some of my old recipes – It's hard to find time but so worth it! I'll have to try and remember the hashtag next time I remake something, although with the holidays coming up it might not be until September now! Thanks for sharing with #CookOnceEatTwice x
Thanks Corina. Two years is too long without Peanut Butter Cookies! Definitely time to revisit those old recipes xx
Wow Kate, these look amazing – somehow I find the cracks which develop as cookies bake is very inviting…and the flavour – well i can certainly understand why they soon disappeared.
I definitely need to do some #RecipeRefurb too
Angela x
Thanks Angela. I'm with you on the cookie cracks. I always think they make cookies look better! xx
these look so good – I was a stack of them – am sure they would not last long at my house!
and I know the feeling of wanting to update photos – occasionally I return to my favourite photos and give them an update, but not as much as I would like
Thanks Johanna. They are really good….. I am quite glad I had a load of people to share them with, or I probably would have eaten them all! x