

Chocolate chip peanut butter cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup no-added-salt no-added-sugar smooth peanut butter
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
- ¾ cup brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 85g dark chocolate chips
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Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine peanut butter, egg, vanilla essence, sugar and baking soda in a bowl. Mix well. Add chocolate chips. Stir to combine.
2 Line a baking tray with baking paper. Using hands, shape teaspoonfuls of mixture in balls and place on tray about 5cm apart.
3 Bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly browned on top. Allow to sit on tray for a few minutes before transferring to a rack to cool.
Variations
You can use white, milk or dark chocolate chips in these cookies. Or use 1/2 cup raisins or chopped dried apricots instead of the chocolate chips.
HFG tip
For a real treat, make ice-cream sandwiches with two cookies and a small scoop of low-fat vanilla ice-cream.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 120cal
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Kilojoules 500kJ
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Protein 4g
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Total fat 7g
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–Saturated fat 2g
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Carbohydrates 10g
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–Sugars 10g
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Dietary fibre 1g
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Sodium 40mg
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Calcium 10mg
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Iron 0.5mg
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