Peanut butter Spelt cookies

Name: Peanut butter spelt cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 150g spelt flour; 100g butter; 100g soft brown sugar; 50g toasted coconut; 1 egg; 5ml vanilla; 2tsp baking powder; pinch of salt; 100g Afrikoa chocolate for dipping; 

2nd December 2020
Ankie Niesing

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I needed biscuits yesterday!

Something sweet, something to keep my mind busy. I am not a baker, it is too messy, I get too impatients, and things can go very wrong!

But occasionally I like to get the scales out and just bake. I was pretty impressed with this made-up recipe from one of my children’s recipe books.

While baking I realised why my bakes don’t always turn out the way they should. I can never stick to the damn recipe!! I always know better, a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Who else does that?

Anyway, this one was a winner and I knew better.

These biscuits will also make great end of year gifts for teachers, friends and family.

Peanut butter spelt cookies

Author: Ankie Niesing
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Yield: 20 1x

Description

These cookies are crunchy, not too sweet and do not have an overwhelming peanut butter taste. Try to use peanut butter that does not contain salt, sugar and preservatives.

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Ingredients

150g spelt flour

100g butter

100g soft brown sugar

50g toasted coconut

1 egg

5ml vanilla

2tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

100g Afrikoa chocolate for dipping

Instructions

Preheat oven to 190’C

Soften butter and cream with sugar. Whisk the egg and add a little bit at a time and beat again.

Add the peanut butter and vanilla and stir until mixed in. Add the dry ingredients; spelt flour, toasted coconut, pinch of salt and baking powder.

Don’t overmix. Roll into small balls, press with a fork and bake for about 20 minutes until golden brown. Cool down on a cooling rack.

Melt chocolate in a small on low heat but keep an eye on it. Dip cookies in the chocolate and sprinkle with flaked sea salt for extra drama.

Notes

Any flour will work fine. The original recipe used Self-rasing flour. But then only use 1/2 tsp of baking powder.

Keywords: cookies, baking. peanut butter

Ankie Niesing

Hi, I'm Ankie! Welcome to Wooden Spoon Kitchen, my pantry of life, love and health where we constantly stir laughter, learning, eating and cooking together!

This Post Has 2 Comments

stef mann says:

18th August 2024 at 5:02 am

how much peanut butter in this recipie?

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1. Ankie Niesing says:
  
  23rd August 2024 at 1:07 pm
  
  Hi Stef
  
  So sorry I missed that, PB is an important part of this recipe:)
  Unfortunately with some of my older recipes the recipe plug in does not want to open for editing.
  
  It is actually 100g of peanut butter.
  
  The original recipe was on my IG account.
  
  PEANUT BUTTER AND SPELT COOKIES {makes about 20}
  
  1 egg
  100g butter
  100g soft brown sugar
  100g peanut butter
  150g spelt flour
  pinch of salt
  5ml vanilla
  2tsp baking powder
  50g toasted desiccated coconut
  100g chocolate for dipping {optional)
  
  Method:
  
  Preheat oven to 190’C
  Soften butter and cream with sugar. Add the egg a little bit a time and beat again. Add the peanut butter and vanilla and stir until mixed in. Add the dry ingredients; spelt flour, coconut, pinch of salt and baking powder. Don’t overmix. Roll into small balls, press with a fork and bake for about 20 minutes until golden brown. Cool down on a cooling rack. Melt chocolate in a small pot but keep an eye on it. Dip cookies in the chocolate and sprinkle with flaked salt for extra drama. I also kept a few plain.
  
  Recipe notes: Any flour will work fine. The original recipe used SR flour. But then use 1/2 tsp baking powder
  
  Hope it works!
  
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Peanut butter Spelt cookies