Chocolate peanut cookie recipe

Every now and again I come across a cake or cookie and I simply have to have more of! That was the case with these chocolate peanut cookies. I was on a photo shoot in April and the client bought some of these in with her. She’s bought them at some trendy bakers and I kept sneaking back into the kitchen to eat a few more crumbs in between shots. I couldn’t get enough of them. So, I decided to try and recreate them.

Cookies are a funny thing. They need to be moist and chewy in my mind to be a success and these weren’t as chewy as I’d hoped for. They were deep and almost fluffy inside and the combination of chocolate chips with all those peanuts just worked. I’ve tried a few flavour variations on this recipe and this is definitely my favorite.

They’re great for making in a hurry as they are a success whether you chill the dough before baking or not (I couldn’t tell the difference between the ones I baked straight away and the ones that had sat in the fridge for an hour first) They also work well straight from the freezer- just give them a few extra minutes in the oven.

So, with the end result being more biscuit than cookie we still managed to polish them off in record time. Whatever you’d call them they were totally moreish and completely deeelish. Whats more, they took less than an hour from start to munch!

Chocolate peanut cookie recipe

Makes around 20

• 150g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
• 150g caster sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla essence
• 1 large egg
• 225g plain flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 100g chocolate chips
• 100g peanuts

1. Line a baking sheet with baking paper and pre-heat your oven to180ºC (Fan oven 160ºC).
2.  Mix the butter and sugar together in a large bowl. Add the egg and vanilla essence. Sieve the flour and baking powder over the mix and stir until just combined.
3.  Lastly, add the chocolate chips and peanuts. Be careful not to over mix the ingredients as it makes the cookies tough.
4.  Place dollops of cookie dough onto the tray leaving space for them to spread a little and bake for 12-15 minutes until they start to turn brown at the edges.
5.  Leave on the tray for a few minutes before transferring onto a cooling rack.
6.  These chocolate peanut cookies will keep for a few days in an air tight container.

Enjoy!

EmmaMT x