Koko's Kitchen » peanut butter http://kokoskitchen.com A blog dedicated to great food and living well Sun, 20 May 2012 17:34:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Homemade Peanut Butter Cups http://kokoskitchen.com/vegetarian/homemade-peanut-butter-cups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=homemade-peanut-butter-cups http://kokoskitchen.com/vegetarian/homemade-peanut-butter-cups/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:23:25 +0000 Koko http://www.kokoskitchen.com/?p=162

I love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter and after seeing chef Michael Smith of the food network make these, I could not resist! I made mine in teeny tiny mini muffin cups, but you could follow Michael Smith and use large ones, which I think would be delightful, but I knew that if I only made 4 big ones, I would have eaten them before anyone else got a taste…

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

  • 8 ounces of 70% bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup cream cheese
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 4 x paper or foil muffin cup liners
  1. Melt chocolate in a bowl set over a small pot of simmering water.
  2. Using a pastry brush or new paintbrush paint chocolate onto the inside of the muffin cups.
  3. Place them in a muffin tin for easier handling.
  4. Paint a thick layer and then refrigerate until it has set hard.
  5. Puree the peanut butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in a food processor until smooth.
  6. Spoon or pipe into the hardened chocolate cups and then pour a thick layer of the remaining melted chocolate over the top making sure the edges are sealed.
  7. Put back in fridge until the tops have set.
  8. Peel liners off before serving.
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This is a vegan recipe courtesy of Dreena Burton’s Eat, Drink, Be Vegan cookbook. I absolutely love this book for it’s healthy and delicious recipes. Dreena manages to make all of the food taste rich- as if eggs or dairy products were used! This was my first time trying these peanut butter- chocolate cookies and as usual, “Eat, Drink, Be Vegan” didn’t disappoint. Those of you with wheat allergies will be happy to know that these cookies are wheat free (if you use spelt or barley flour)!

“Who Put Chocolate In My Peanut Butter” Cookies

  • 1/4 cup unrefined sugar
  • 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1 cup + 1 tbsp barley or spelt flour (or 1 cup all purpose)
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 2 – 2 1/2 tbsp agave syrup (or more maple syrup)
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1/4 – 1/3 cup natural peanut butter (smooth or chunky)

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a bowl, combine sugar, chocolate chips, and salt. Sift in flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and stir until well combined. In a separate bowl, combine maple syrup, agave nectar, vanilla, and oil until well mixed. Add wet mixture to dry and stir until just well combined (do not overmix). With a knife, cut in peanut butter into batter, but just a little, so peanut butter remains in chunks and swirls in the batter. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop rounded tablespoons of batter onto baking sheet evenly spaced apart. Bake for 11 minutes (no longer, or they will dry out). Remove from oven and let cool on pan for one minute (no longer), then transfer to a cooling rack.

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