Peanut Butter Biscuits
Ingredients
225g margarine (plus extra for greasing)
225g smooth peanut butter
200g brown sugar
200g granulated sugar
2 large eggs
275g plain flour (plus extra for dusting)
I had planned to add some melted chocolate to them, but couldn't be arsed in the end.
The recipe also mentions 2 tsp of baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt, but I didn't have either of these so I just left them out.
Tools
mixing bowl
scales
baking tray
wooden spoon shaped like a drum stick
guitar shaped spatula
awesome cassette tape cookie cutter
Additional Extras
'On the Impossible Past' by The Menzingers for singing along to.
Method
1. Mix margarine and peanut butter together until smooth, then add the sugars.
2. Beat eggs and add to the mix along with the flour. It helps to keep the mix smooth if you do this a little at a time.
3. Make into a massive ball and put in the fridge for half an hour to chill, which leaves just enough time to make a bookend out of a 12" record (how to blog post coming soon).
4. Grease your baking tray with some margarine and pre-heat your oven to 180C or Gas Mark 4.
5. Pull off some of the mix to roll out. Dust your surface and rolling pin with flour first to stop them sticking to the mix. Cut out some biscuits with your awesome cutter - they may stick a little even with the dusting flour, so this is where you spatula comes in handy - and put them on the tray, but not too close because they expand while cooking. I forgot so my biscuits all stuck together, but it's fine I got away with it.
6. According to the recipe you only need to bake them for 10 minutes. I don't know whether it's because my biscuits were massive or too thick, but mine took 30 minutes to bake, which is something you probably need to know if you've only allowed yourself one hour's baking time and it turns into three.
7. Once they've eventually cooked - they should be golden brown and not too squidgy to touch - take them out, allow to cool slightly and place them on a wire cooling rack (or if you don't have one a chopping board will do).
8. Stand back and admired your handy work until they're cool enough to scoff four in one go.
Tips for not destroying your kitchen
It is essential to know where your biscuit mix is at all times, something I learned the hard way. Apparently it's really easy when rolling out the mixture to accidently drop some on the floor and not realise at all until you've stuck it to the bottom of your slipper boots and managed to walk it around most of your house. Only then will you realise, once it's all been deposited and all that remains is a greasy mess on the soles, after skidding across the tiled kitchen floor at a dangerous speed.
Verdict: I took them to work, everyone had some and no-one died, so I think it's a win.
