Peanut butter cookies

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 150 g flour
• 1 tsp salt
• ¾ tsp cayenne pepper
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 120 g butter
• 35 g sugar
• 60 g brown sugar
• 60 g peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
• 1 m.-sized egg(s)
• 1 pinch(s) of vanilla
• 165 g peanuts, roasted and salted

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 5 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 12 minutes; Total time approx. 32 minutes

Salty-sweet and crunchy

Preheat the oven to 180°C (convection oven). First, combine the flour, salt, cayenne pepper, and baking powder in a medium-sized bowl and set it aside. In a larger bowl, cream the butter (at room temperature) with the white and brown sugar using a hand mixer until fluffy. Stir the peanut butter, egg, and a little vanilla or vanilla flavoring into the butter and sugar mixture. Finally, add the prepared flour mixture and mix thoroughly. Set the hand mixer aside. Fold the roasted and salted peanuts into the batter with a spoon or spatula. Using two spoons, divide the batter into 20 equal portions on two baking sheets lined with parchment paper. If you prefer smaller cookies, you can of course divide the batch into smaller portions. Make sure there is enough space between the cookies, as they will melt during baking. Now bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes. The edges should be nice and golden brown. After baking, the cookies will still be soft, so let them cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then remove them from the baking sheet and let them cool completely. The dough can, of course, be expanded to include other nuts, caramel, dried fruit, or chocolate. Makes 20 cookies.