Soft and chewy herb and peanut butter cookies (no chilling)

Name: Soft and chewy herb and peanut butter cookies (no chilling)
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups flour; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tbsp baking Soda; 1/2 cup melted butter; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter; 2 tbsp dry herbs of choice (mint and sage are perfect); 1 large egg; 1 tbsp vanilla essence

Kavuli Mwachai @cook_22586679

This was my first experiment with cookies and I made them for my fiancé

Kavuli Mwachai @cook_22586679

This was my first experiment with cookies and I made them for my fiancé

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Ingredients

30 mins

10 servings

1 1/2 cupsflour
1 tbspbaking powder
1 tbspbaking Soda
1/2 cupmelted butter
1/2 cupsugar
1/2 cupcreamy peanut butter
2 tbspdry herbs of choice (mint and sage are perfect)
1large egg
1 tbspvanilla essence

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Steps

30 mins

1

Infuse the butter with your herbs by adding the butter, the herbs and 1/2 cup of water to a pot and simmer until the water has completely evaporated
2

Strain the butter into a bowl and let it cool to room temperature. Throw out the used herb
3

Preheat the oven to 170°C
4

Mix the flour, baking soda and baking powder in a different bowl
5

After the now aromatic butter has cooled, add the sugar and mix well.
6

Add the peanut butter and mix until combined
7

Add the egg and vanilla essence and mix until just combined
8

Add the flour and mix just until the flour disappears
9

Use a tbsp to scoop out your preferred size of cookies and place on a lined baking sheet.
10

Bake for 15 minutes, or until the edges just begin to brown
11

Remove and let the cookies cool slightly on on the sheet before transferring to a rack
12

Serve warm with a glass of milk!