Chocolate & Peanut Butter Cookies

14 June 2011 26 Comments

It has been long since I baked cookies, the last I baked was Almond & Ragi or Finger Millet cookies which has been liked and tried out by a few blogger friends. And when I joined the secret recipe club on Amanda’s blog and was given Tami’s blog to choose my recipe from, it took me no time to select a cookie for the same. I got this lovely Chocolate & Peanut butter cookies from her blog which she tried from Amanda’s blog.

The changes I made to suit my taste are the addition of nuts and to avoid the eggs in it. And I liked the crisp and nutty cookies I got with the subtle taste of peanut butter and that of overpowering chocolate in it.

Ingredients;

(adapted from Tami’s blog)

1/2 cup of wholewheat flour
1 cup of All purpose flour
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup peanut butter
11/4 cups sugar
2 tbsp. curd/yogurt
1 tbsp. milk or more
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tbsp. crushed Almonds
A pinch of salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. Vanilla essence

Method; Take a large bowl and add both the flours, cocoa, salt and baking soda and mix well. In another bowl add the rest of the ingredients and beat well with an electric mixer until it gets blended.

Preheat oven to 200°C.

Spread a butter paper on a baking tray. Drop a large teaspoon of batter on the baking sheet leaving a gap of about 2 inches, flatten the cookies a little with the back of the ladle.

Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes. Take out from the oven and cool the baking tray on a wire rack. Remove the cookies from the butter paper and store them in an air tight container.

Notes;

You can try baking the cookies with only refined flour for better texture.
Avoid nuts if you want plain cookies.
Add a pinch of instant coffee powder for a lovely flavor.

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26 Comments »

BigFatBaker said:

These look amazing! Nothing beats the chocolate and peanut butter combo 🙂

# 14 June 2011 at 12:37 am

Jo said:

I believe the words i am looking for to describe these are “Nom, nom, nom.”

They look delicious!

# 14 June 2011 at 1:27 am

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said:

Look superb !!!

# 14 June 2011 at 1:30 am

Krithi said:

Awesome combo.. love the fact it being eggless too..

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# 14 June 2011 at 2:14 am

Nishi said:

You know what?? I was looking for a cookie recipe with chocolate and peanut butter and you posted this perfect recipe!!! Can’t thank you enough 🙂

# 14 June 2011 at 3:09 am

Lisa @ Sweet as Sugar Cookies said:

How wonderful that you could adapt this and make them without eggs. They look like they turned out just right.

# 14 June 2011 at 3:44 am

Tami said:

MMM, your cookies look delicious! Glad to hear that you liked them. 🙂

# 14 June 2011 at 8:47 am

Kathleen said:

These cookies are the perfect combo for maximum YUM!

# 14 June 2011 at 9:02 am

Trisha said:

The cookies look very comforting … I’ve never baked cookies with cocoa before and I can’t wait to try these … what nuts did you use and how much?

# 14 June 2011 at 9:06 am

Sharmilee said:

Yumvillee!!! Looks perfectly baked

# 14 June 2011 at 10:08 am

Sandhya said:

Wot a lovely combo. .. Chocolate and Peanut Butter … Must b divine!!

# 14 June 2011 at 2:40 pm

Raks said:

Looks and sounds yummy! I know how delicious your bakes are 😉 wish to have some 🙂

# 14 June 2011 at 4:47 pm

sanjeeta kk said:

@Raks, thanks Raji! And need I mention how scrumptious your recipes are! Have been trying to post comment on your posts, but it gets struck with Google…

# 14 June 2011 at 7:22 pm

Sadhana said:

This looks delicious. A perfect kid pleaser.

# 14 June 2011 at 8:28 pm

Dan said:

Looks excellent! Chocolate and peanut butter is an easy win.

# 14 June 2011 at 9:27 pm

Nitha said:

Thats a divine combo… I love it..

# 14 June 2011 at 11:17 pm

Lisa~~ said:

This is my first month in The Secret Recipe Club and it’s so much fun! I’m just loving all the new blogs and recipes I’m seeing. Love the changes you made to the recipe, very delish!

# 15 June 2011 at 2:30 am

rebecca said:

great cookies thanks for the support on the ebook folks liked the okra when I tweeted it

# 15 June 2011 at 3:51 am

Junia @ Mis Pensamientos said:

wow, healthy cookie!! lOVE it!!! great recipe 😀

# 15 June 2011 at 10:03 am

Ananda Rajashekar said:

i never tried choc with peanuts sounds very special!

# 16 June 2011 at 2:26 am

Jamie said:

Delicious! Who doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate? The cookies look perfect!

# 18 June 2011 at 3:35 pm

Marla said:

These cookie look awesome! Fun to be in the SRC with you 🙂

# 18 June 2011 at 6:57 pm

Barbara | Creative Culinary said:

Love the classic combination of chocolate and peanut butter. And they do look perfect. Wish I had one now for breakfast!

# 18 June 2011 at 7:06 pm

amanda @ fake ginger said:

You can’t go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter! They look delicious!

# 18 June 2011 at 9:32 pm

Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen said:

A cripsy and nutty chocolate cookie sounds wonderful. I’ve always loved the combination of chocolate and peanut butter.

# 19 June 2011 at 5:38 am

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