Delicious recipe for crumbly peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies, heavily studded with dark chilli chocolate.
This post is a tribute to fellow food blogger Isabella King, who tragically died last month at the age of 29 after a two year battle with cancer. Izzie blogged at Coriander Queen, where she created lots of tempting recipes with beautiful bright pictures. Sadly the website has now been taken down.
These peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies are my version of Izzie’s dark chocolate peanut butter cookies.
RIP Izzie
I only ever met Izzie online, but her warm, cheerful and generous personality shone through. She only ever had good things to say about people, both in public and private conversations. My heart goes out to her husband, family and friends. She is also much missed by the food blogging community.
A group of us are publishing recipes from her blog, all to be posted at 11:00 this morning. You’ll find a link to some of these at the bottom of this post. We hope this is a fitting tribute.
Isabella’s friends are running the Race for Life in June to raise funds for Cancer Research UK in her name.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Like me, Izzie had a sweet tooth, so it seemed only fitting to bake up one of her sweet treat recipes. I chose to make these peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies because I can’t resist the combination of peanut butter and chocolate.
Reeces peanut butter cups are too sweet for me, but these cookies are just perfect. I may have made similar peanut butter chocolate cookies before.
As regular readers will know, I’m incapable of following a recipe exactly. So, I used a slightly different method to Izzie to make my peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies. I also substituted wholemeal spelt flour for the original plain flour and decided to get a bit of a kick by using chilli chocolate instead of plain.
The dark chilli chocolate complements the peanut butter perfectly – think satay sauce. The biscuits, now long gone, were crumbly with a lovely warmth from the chilli chocolate. Mine were not as pretty as Izzie’s but they sure were tasty. Twelve were not enough.
Leftover Egg Whites
This recipe uses an egg yolk rather than a whole egg. This means you will have an egg white left over. Luckily there are plenty of recipes in which to use an egg white. If all else fails, make an omelette and add the egg white to it.
Here are a few recipes on Tin and Thyme that specifically use egg whites and no yolks.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – The Recipe
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
- 50 g unsalted butter softened
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 45 g golden caster sugar
- 1 tsp golden syrup
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 egg yolk
- 75 g wholemeal spelt flour
- 50 g dark chocolate (I used 70% dark chilli chocolate)
Instructions
- Cream the butter, peanut butter, sugar, syrup and salt together until light and fluffy.50 g unsalted butter, 2 tbsp peanut butter, 45 g golden caster sugar, 1 tsp golden syrup, 1 pinch sea salt
- Beat in the yolk until well combined.1 egg yolk
- Stir in the flour until just mixed.75 g wholemeal spelt flour
- Chop or bash the chocolate so it falls into varying size bits. Keep a few of the larger chunks back and mix the rest into the cookie mixture.50 g dark chocolate
- Leave in a cool place to firm up if needed. My kitchen is quite cool, so this wasn’t needed.
- Roll into twelve balls and place well apart on a lined baking tray.
- Flatten slightly with the palm of your hand, then press the remaining chocolate chunks into the tops.
- Bake in the middle of a pre-heated oven at 180℃ for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies are golden.
- Leave for a couple of minutes to firm up, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely or just dive in and eat warm.
jacqui says
Think I would have to make double batch these sound so good.
Choclette says
Haha, yes, I often wonder why I haven’t made double the amount when it comes to cookies. And these ones are good.
Kat (The Baking Explorer) says
This is such a beautiful tribute. I love the flavour combination in these tasty looking cookies! Thanks for linking up to #TreatPetite
Choclette says
Thanks Kat. Coriander Queen was a baker par excellence and her cookies were delicious.
gloria says
Love these cookies, look amazing!!
Choclette says
Thanks Gloria. They were delicious – peanut butter and chocolate is a great combination.
Choclette says
Thanks Janie. It’s been both really sad and really uplifting reading all these recipes.
Andrea @ The Petite Cook says
What a lovely way to remember Izzie. These cookies look so chunky and chocolatey, you cant ever go wrong with peanut butter+ chocolate!
Choclette says
This is very true. It’s one of my favourite combinations and the cookies seemed like the right recipe to choose.
Camilla Hawkins says
Your version of Izzie’s cookies sounds divine with that kick of chilli, I’m sure she would have loved them! A lovely tribute:-)
Choclette says
Thank you Camilla. The biscuits were delicious and I’ll always think of Izzie now whenever peanut butter cookies are on offer.
Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs says
Izzie was a wise woman, peanut butter and chocolate make the perfect couple! She will most definitely be missed!
Choclette says
She really will Emma. It’s just too sad. But yes, Izzie knew a thing or two about baking 🙂
Ceri Jones says
I agree Peanut butter and chocolate is such a great combo. Lovely recipe and tribute to dear Isabella
Choclette says
Thanks Ceri. It’s a combination that rarely lets you down I’ve found and one I shall now ever associate with Isabella.
Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says
Gorgeous cookies. I love that you added a chilli kick too. Perfect tribute to Izzie.
Choclette says
Thanks Jemma. If I can’t add garlic, I’ll most likely add chilli 😉
Nicky says
A lovely tribute Chocolette. The chilli chocolate idea sounds amazing!
Choclette says
Thanks Nicky. Chilli chocolate is one of my favourites. I just hope Izzie would approve.
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
I agree with every word you said about Izzie, she was so lovely and warm. These cookies look brilliant – love those huge chocolate chunks!
Choclette says
Thanks Becca. Placing the chocolate chunks on top was Izzie’s idea and a very good one I reckon!
Kavey says
I did some of her biscuits too, so good. Like your addition of chilli!
Choclette says
Biscuits were definitely one of Izzie’s things. I hope she’d approve of our efforts.
Angela says
This is such a lovely post, a real tribute to Isabella.
Choclette says
Thank you Angela – it’s all very sad, but also good to be able to bake one of Izzie’s recipes.
Nayna Kanabar says
These look delicious and I love the addition of the chilli. Lovely tribute.
Choclette says
Thanks Nayna. Chilli chocolate is a favourite of mine.
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
Such a sweet tribute! And these cookies do look and sound fantastic with chilli.
Choclette says
Thanks Angie. The chilli chocolate worked wonderfully well.
Janice says
These were the perfect choice for you to make in Izzie’s honour. They sound delicious with the chocolate and chilli flavours. Izzie will be much missed by all her food blogging friends.
Choclette says
Thanks Janice. It’s so very sad. But at least Izzie’s recipe will live on.
Dom says
What a lovely idea and such a perfect tribute to her blog and recipes. Lovely cookies.
Choclette says
Thanks Dom. It’s all very sad, but it seemed the right thing to do. AND the cookies are delicious.
Margot says
What a delicious looking cookies and a beautiful tribute to Isabella.
Choclette says
Thanks very much Margot. Isabella knew a thing or two about biscuits – they didn’t last long.
Lucy says
What lovely words which summarise how I feel too. The cookies look wonderful.
Choclette says
Thanks Lucy. Izzie was definitely one of our baking fraternity and she will be very much missed.
Kate | Veggie Desserts says
A beautiful tribute to Izzie. Lovely recipe x
Choclette says
Thanks Kate. It’s both sad and uplifting to see everyone’s posts and recipes.