Peanut Butter Bonbons

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 egg or 1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 ¼ cup all purpose flour (reduce to 1 cup if using egg yolk)

Chocolate Coating:

100 g bittersweet chocolate
10 g butter

Method:

Line a baking tray with parchment paper; set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter and peanut butter together with sugar till creamy.

Add-in egg and baking powder, whisk to incorporate fully.

Gradually, stir-in flour to form dough.

Preheat oven to 180 °C.

Shape dough portion by portion into small balls (about 1 inch each).

Place shaped cookies onto the prepared tray.

Bake cookies in the preheated oven for 10 minutes or till set and lightly browned.

Remove cookies from oven, transfer onto wire rack and set aside to cool completely.

To prepare the coating: In a saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat, stir thoroughly to incorporate and remove from heat to cool slightly.

Gently, dip cookies into the coating paste (one at a time) and turn to coat well.

Transfer coated cookies onto waxed paper or aluminum foil and chill in refrigerator till firm.

Store in container and keep cool in refrigerator.

Yields 20 cookies.