Miso peanut butter cookies

I’m a chocolate-kind of person 🍫, I won’t deny it… so when I bake, it normally involves chocolate in some form or other. I’m TRYING to branch out a bit 😬, & try recipes that don't involve chocolate. These peanut butter miso cookies were my attempt at that, although to be fair, they’d probably be improved with some chocolate 😂

I used a recipe by @acozykitchen & adapted it slightly by dialling back the miso a touch, & dialling up the peanut butter, @nutbrothers crunchy of course - can’t go wrong - & used a combination of wheat & rye flours because it greatly improves the final taste & texture IMHO.

They turned out REALLY well - you can certainly taste the miso, but the peanut butter adds a creamy sweetness that balances everything out perfectly 💁🏻‍♀️

Try this

Ingredients:

180gm plain flour (or use 120gm plain and 60gm rye)

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

115gm butter, softened

3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter

30gm white miso paste

100gm brown sugar

50gm caster sugar

1 tsp @heilalavanilla paste

1 large egg

1/4 cup black sesame seeds (for coating)

Method:

Whisk together the flours, baking powder & baking soda. Beat the softened butter & sugars together with a stand-up mixer using the paddle attachment until light & fluffy. Add the peanut butter & miso & beat till incorporated. Finally add the egg & vanilla, & beat until fully blended in.

Add in half the flour & mix on low speed until all the flour is moistened. Add the remaining flour & mix quickly just until it all comes together and no dry flour remains. Use a cookie/ice cream scoop to form 12 even balls (or use a spoon, or scales and your hands), then gently roll them in the sesame seeds so that the ball of dough is coated in seeds. Place on a tray lined with baking paper & refrigerate for 3-4 hours until fully chilled.

Heat oven to 180c & bake the cookies for 13 minutes (you may need to turn the tray once if they aren’t browning evenly). When the cookies are just browning around the edges, take them out & leave them to cool on the tray (they still continue to cook a bit more & set as they cool).