Perfect Peanut Butter Cookies.

I had a random urge to bake this afternoon, so I thought I'd turn to an old favourite, and make the recipe a little more virtuous! Once again, here's just a few reasons why these cookies are healthIER than many others :
- I have used rice flour instead of normal, which is wheat and gluten-free

- Soya butter instead of regular
- They contain only agave nectar, and no sugar
- The chocolate is gluten and lactose-free

Brilliant! Get baking!

Ingredients

120g soya butter

150g agave nectar

1 large egg

110g peanut butter (smooth or crunchy, depending on your preference)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

200g rice flour

50g dark chocolate, chopped

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1) Preheat your oven to 180 degrees centigrade, 350 degrees fahrenheit. Line a baking tray with baking parchment

2) Mix together the soya butter and agave nectar until combined. Don't worry if it's lumpy, the mixture will smooth out later.

3) Add in the egg,vanilla extract and peanut butter, and mix until smooth

4) Sift in the flour, salt, baking powder and add the chocolate. STIR in and be careful to not over-mix it, or the peanut butter will make the dough oily.

5) Scoop small amounts of themixture onto your baking tray, and flatten with a fork. Leave space in between the cookies for them to spread as they bake.

6) Bake for 10mins, leave to cool, then munch! Or if you're like me, eat them straight out of the oven!

If you find that you want them to be a bit sweeter then simply add more agave nectar - I was a bit conservative with the measurement here as I was experimenting. Hope you enjoy them!

Nati xXx