I am only 4 and a half months late but none the less today i took my little nephew to the movies for his birthday… And what happens when you take an 8 year old to the movies? You need snacks of course!! So after researching some awesome recipes for him, the x man decided that he wanted peanut butter cookies by smitten kitchen – BUT – with extra choc chips. No worries right?
Except when your oven breaks of course!
For some reason half way through baking the oven stopped heating, who knows why, all i know is that it is going to cost me a fortune and that i simply can not live without my oven! Its only been about 24 hours now and already i am feeling the crunch. I mean for goodness sake i had to think of a wheat free snack that requires NO baking…. Butttttt thats another recipe for tomorrow maybe 
Anywho back to the choc chip peanut butter slice… I can only assume that it was delightful as the little man ate a whole bag of them PLUS wanted more!! So if your feeling like a little ( a lot of ) chocolate then give this one a burl!
Stuff you’ll need
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup crunchy peanut butter at room temperature
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 250 gram block of 75% cocoa dark chocolate chopped
- 250 gram block of white chocolate (i told you there was a lot of chocolate!) chopped
How i did it
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the flour, the baking soda, the baking powder, and the salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat the butter and the peanut butter together until fluffy. Add the sugars and beat until smooth. Add the egg and mix well. Add the milk and the vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and beat thoroughly. Stir in the chocolate chips. Place in a lined tin and squish down. I did attempt to form cookies out of them but there were so many choc chips the batter wouldnt stick together! Now if you are me you will bake for 1/2 an hour, your oven will break so you will stick it covered under the grill for another half an hour, then have a genis idea that you would for some reason un cover it and leave it under the grill to burn. You will then freak out, get depressed, wipe a tear from your eye, then scrap the burnt layer off the top wrap it in cling wrap and shove it in the fridge only to discover in the morning that it actually worked! But if your not me i would recommend baking for 3/4 of an hour in a 180 deg cel fan forced oven… Keep your eye on it and make sure you dont over bake it…
But you know, my way is totally cool!
This is us dazed and confused after the movies and my beautiful nephew about a number 8 on the puke scale! (he did consume almost half of the entire slice by himself!)
