Flour-less Peanut Butter Cookies

Hello friends,

New cookie recipe time! These delightful peanut flavoured cookies have no flour or added butter (there is enough of that in the peanut) so I am going to class these as almost a healthy alternative.

They have only 7 simple ingredients and just need to be beaten together and baked, it is as easy as that! The cookies are only baked for 8 - 10 minutes and produce a fudgey brownie type cookie, which will satisfy any sweet craving.

I also videoed myself baking these treats, so why not pop over and take a look here:

http://youtu.be/GPb8Vwdaspk

Ingredients:

Makes 10 cookies

250g peanut butter
1 egg
20g cocoa powder
70g light muscovado sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Reese's Pieces for extra peanut

Method:

Preheat over to 180C/ 160C fan assisted, and line two baking trays.

Put all ingredients into a bowl and beat well. Using a tablespoon scoop the dough into balls onto the prepared trays.

Put into the oven and bake for 8 - 10 minutes. When they are baked they will still look a bit soft a gooey, this is what we are aiming for. If you would rather have crisp cookies, bake for an extra couple of minutes.

Leave to cool for 15 minutes, and then enjoy with a cup of tea :)

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