Peanut Butter Cookie with Sourdough recipe

If you are a sourdough baker you know the sourdough discard can be a problem. I am a person who believes in waste not, want not. I don't have the heart to throw them away. That is money and good

ingredients going down the drain.

My solution is finding easy yummy recipes that use up sourdough discard  These cookies have advantage of using starter fed or unfed. This is an easy dessert recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sourdough starter
• 255g peanut butter
• 112g butter, softened
• 175g brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 260g plain glour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt

Method:

Preheat oven to 175ºC/165ºC fan oven  assist.

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the brown sugar, peanut butter, vanilla and softened butter with a wooden spatula. 

Add in the sourdough starter and eggs. Mix gently until combined.

In a smaller mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients into the wet in thirds, mixing after each addition.

Roll the dough into one inch balls. Place each ball 2-3 inches apart on your baking paper. The cookies will expand and need space on the baking paper.

Using a fork dipped in sugar gently press the fork into the dough balls and criss cross the dough balls.

Bake for 9-10 minutes until the cookies are lightly browned. The cookies will increase in size when baked.

Remove from the oven and let the cookie sit for 5 minutes. Remove to cooling wire racks. Serve.