Cookie Recipes

Here’s a couple of recipes from my mum’s collection. The peanut butter cookies are fabulous!

Tollhouse Cookies 

Makes 24

Ingredients

• 115g butter or margarine
• 50g caster sugar (golden works well)
• 75g dark brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2.5ml / 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
• 125g plain flour
• 2.5ml / 0.5tsp bicarbonate soda
• pinch of salt
• 175g chocolate chips
• 50g chopped nuts (hazelnuts or walnuts)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4
2. Grease 2 baking sheets
3. With an electric mixer cream butter & sugar until mixture is light & fluffy
4. In another bowl mix egg & vanilla, then gradually beat in butter mixture. Sift into this the flour, bicarb, and salt. Stir to blend
5. Add chocolate & nuts. Mix to combine thoroughly
6. Place heaped teaspoonfls of the dough 5cm/2in apart on the baking sheets. Bake for 10-15mins until lightly coloured.
7. Transfer to a wire rack to cool

Peanut Butter Cookies

Makes 24

Ingredients

• 115g plain flour
• 2.5ml / 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• pinch of salt
• 115g butter
• 125g golden caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 5ml / 1tsp vanilla extract
• 225g crunch peanut butter

Method

1. With an electric mixer cream butter & sugar until mixture is light & fluffy
2. In another bowl mix egg & vanilla, then gradually beat in butter mixture
3. Stir in the peanut butter and blend thoroughly
4. Sift in the flour, bicarbonate, and salt and stir together
5. Chill for at least 30 minutes until firm
6. Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4
7. Grease 2 baking sheets
8. Spoon out rounded teaspoonfuls of the dough and roll into balls
9. Place the balls on the prepared bakings sheets and press flat into circles with a fork making a criss-cross pattern on the top
10. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly coloured
11. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.