Makes: 20, Calories: 128
Ingredients:
- 75g butter, softened. 563
- 60g crunchy peanut butter, softened. 367
- 150g Demerara sugar. 600
- 1 egg. 75
- 1 tsp vanilla extract. 17
- 200g plain flour. 684
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 100g strawberry jam. 252
Method:
- Preheat oven to 160°C Fan / Gas Mark 4.
- Line x2 large trays with parchment.
- In large mixing bowl; Cream butter, peanut butter and sugar until pale.
- Stir in egg and vanilla until smooth.
- Stir in flour, bicarb and salt to soft dough.
- Use small (1.½" diameter) ice-cream scoop, to portion cookies onto trays, 2" apart (8 per tray).
- With tsp, press shallow divots into balls.
- Put ½ tsp jam into each divot.
- Bake for 14-16 mins until golden and jam bubbles. Will firm up once cool.
Calories = 2558
- 2558 / 20 = 128
Alternatively: Swop peanut butter for 40g almond butter plus 20g chopped almonds, use almond extract, and top with cherry jam for "Bakewell Cookies".
Tip: Use 40g smooth peanut butter with 20g chopped peanuts instead of crunchy peanut butter.