Chocolate and peanut butter cookies

Ingredients

• 140 g unsalted butter
• 60 g peanut butter
• 300 g light brown soft sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 350 g plain flour / all purpose flour
• 50 cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon bicarb of soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch salt
• 200 g Reese's Pieces ((set 50g aside to decorate the dough before it goes in the oven))

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 170 degrees / 160 fan /Gas mark 3 and line 3 baking sheets with greaseproof baking parchment.

2. 2

   Cream together the butter, peanut butter and sugar.

3. 3

   Add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix in.

4. 4

   Sieve in the flour, baking powder, cocoa, bicarb and a pinch of salt.

5. 5

   Stir in in the flour until you get a thick mix. If is it too dry add a little splash of milk.

6. 6

   Add 150g of the Reese's Pieces and mix in until evenly distributed.

7. 7

   Take heaped tablespoons of the mix and pop them on the lined baking trays. Make sure they aren't too close together as they will spread.

8. 8

   Use up the last Reese's Pieces to add a few to the top of the cookies.

9. 9

   Bake for 10 minutes.

10. 10

    Allow the cookies to cool for a few seconds and enjoy. They taste lovely warm with a cup of tea.