Peanut butter cookies

Name: Peanut butter cookies
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup cooking fat; 3/4 cup sugar (preferably brown sugar); 3/4 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup peanut butter (250 g); 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 tbsp cinnamon; 1/4 cup water; 1 large egg; 1 tbsp corn starch

Lisa Were @lisawere

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Peanut butter cookies

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Ingredients

4 people

1 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
1/2 cupcooking fat
3/4 cupsugar (preferably brown sugar)
3/4 teaspoonsbaking powder
1/2 tspsalt
1 cuppeanut butter (250 g)
1 tspvanilla essence
1 tbspcinnamon
1/4 cupwater
1large egg
1 tbspcorn starch

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Steps

1

In one tin, mix all dry ingredients, excluding sugar.
2

In another tin, mix peanut butter and the fat/butter/margarine for about 30 seconds.
3

Add in the egg and sugar and mix.
4

Add in the flour followed by water, bit by bit. Knead it in to make a dough
5

Scoop the dough using a tablespoon; about 40g per scoop. Roll each scoop into a circle and slightly flatten the top. Place them on a greased pan. Decorate the top using a fork. Bake at 190 °C for 15 minutes in a preheated oven.
6

Once done, let them cool for 15 minutes before transferring to an airtight container for storage. Enjoy !