Honey, let me tell you about one of my favorite recipes — British Peanut Butter Cookies is something I’ve been making for years and it never disappoints! This is the kind of dish that fills the whole kitchen with the most wonderful aroma and has everyone asking when dinner will be ready.
Made with simple, wholesome ingredients like regular, peanut butter, powdered sugar, this recipe comes together without any fuss. That’s the way Gran likes it — good food that doesn’t keep you in the kitchen all day.
Whether you’re making this for a weeknight dinner or bringing it to a gathering, I promise it will disappear fast. Don’t forget to scroll down and let me know how it turned out in the comments!
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British Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 75 g Regular
- 50 g Peanut Butter
- 50 g Powdered Sugar
- 50 g Sugar
- 100 g All-Purpose Flour
- 1 pinch Salt
Instructions
- Blend margarine with peanut butter and then stir in the sugars.
- Stir in flour to make a dough.
- Shape the mixture into approx 15 balls.
- Space them out on a baking tray and flatten each slightly with a fork dipped in flour, to make a criss cross pattern.
- Bake tray for about 15 minutes at 200c/400f until pale brown.
- Leave to cool slightly before very carefully transferring them to a cooling rack.
