Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

These cookies are crisp on the outside and delightfully chewy in the middle, cookie perfection!

INGREDIENTS

• 115g butter, softened
• 125g caster sugar
• 125g light brown sugar
• 2 medium eggs
• 225g Proper Nutty peanut butter
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 175g plain flour
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 100g dark chocolate chopped into chunks

METHOD

1. Cream together the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy.
2. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
3. Beat in the peanut butter (add a pinch of salt if using Nowt but Nuts) and vanilla extract.
4. Sift together the flour and bicarbonate of soda and add this in 2 or 3 additions, beating until only just combined.
5. Gently mix in the chocolate chunks.
6. Scoop or dollop the mixture – approx. 50-60g mixture per cookie – placed 3” apart onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Flatten slightly.
7. Bake at 160ºC (140ºC fan) for 15-18 mins or until the edges are golden and the centres barely cooked*
8. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking trays for 5 mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

*To ensure a soft, chewy cookie, the trick is to slightly underbake them. Makes 16-18 cookies