Peanut Butter Choc Chip Biscuits

There is something special about chocolate chip biscuits - but I'm afraid these go just that little bit further. The addition of peanut butter is just heavenly and the use of two types of sugars gives a nice balance between crunchy and chewy. Enjoy (before somebody else does!).

250g butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar

2/3 cup (150g) brown sugar

2 eggs

¾ cup crunchy peanut butter

2 cups (300g) plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate soda

300g Cadbury dark chocolate chips

Beat butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs together. Don’t beat too frantically as overbeating will result in the biscuits spreading on the trays. At the last minute, add the peanut butter.

Stir in flour, bicarbonate soda and choc chips.

On trays covered in baking paper, drop tablespoons of mixture about 5cm apart. Alternatively, wrap dough into a log, refrigerate and then slice into rounds. Set out as above.

Bake in a moderate oven (180°C) for approximately 15 minutes. Once cooked, biscuits are golden in colour.

Cool biscuits on a wire rack, store in airtight containers for as long as they last (it won’t be long, they’re too good!).

Source: Jules, Bake, Australian Women’s Weekly