Peanut Butter Cookies

 

 

Happy, happy Thursday! I can’t believe we are already halfway through winter- where is the time going? It must be a bounce back from 2020 but I really feel like time is going at warp speed! As you all know we are doing renovations in our new Noordhoek house and it is all moving along which is great! I also have had so much fun playing around with decorating our forest cottage. Right now my focus is on creating a spacious luxury suite that floats across birding filled acres of equine stables, vegetable garden and untamed forest. It will be a great space for visitors to get back to nature, enjoy mindful woodland meditations, fireside star gathering, bracing hikes, petting our pigs, goats and alpacas and tucking into fresh eggs from our hens with a cooked breakfast made by our wonderfully talented private chef Emma. On that note, she made some healthier yet delicious homemade nut butter cookies that I think you will love! I love getting your feedback, so let me know what you think by hitting reply (or shoot a message straight to @wellnessfingerprint) after reading. That’s all for me to now. Xx Sego

 

Ingredients

3 tablespoons coconut oil, at room temperature
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tbsp date syrup
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup GF self raising flour
100g melted dark chocolate
a pinch of salt
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 tbsp maple or date syrup

 

Method

 

1. Preheat the oven to 180oC and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. In a mixing bowl, mix the coconut oil, peanut butter, date syrup, vanilla extract and self raising flour to combine. The dough should be firm enough to be shaped.
3. If the dough is too dry, add a little coconut milk.
4. Using your hands and a spoon, scoop around 1 tbsp of the mix into your hands and make a bowl shape. Place the balls onto the baking tray.
5. With a fork, press each ball down to shape into a cookie.
6. Bake for 10 minutes until golden.
7.To make the filling, mix together the peanut butter, butter, and syrup until combined. Spread a layer of the filling on one cookie and sandwich another on top.
8.Drizzle the melted chocolate on the cookies and sprinkle with salt.These will keep for 3 seconds in your hands!