Chocolate Peanut Butter Marble Cookies by Zarnak Sidhwa

Ingredients:

For Peanut Butter Dough:

• Flour 1-3/4 cup
• Baking powder 1/4 tsp
• Caster sugar 1/2 cup
• Butter 1/2 cup
• Creamy peanut butter 3 tbsp
• Egg 1
• Vanilla essence 1/2 tsp
• Salt 1/2 tsp

For Chocolate Dough:

• Flour 1-2/3 cups
• Baking powder 1/2 tsp
• Unsalted butter 1/2 cup
• Caster sugar 1/2 cup
• Melted chocolate 2 tbsp
• Cocoa powder 1/4 cup
• Vanilla essence 1/2 tsp
• Egg 1
• Salt 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. To make peanut butter dough: In bowl, mix cream, butter, peanut butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
2. Add vanilla essence, egg and salt and mix.
3. In another bowl, sift flour and baking powder.
4. Add flour to butter mixture and make a smooth soft dough.
5. Wrap dough in plastic and chill for 2 hrs.
6. Next prepare the chocolate dough: In bowl, cream sugar, butter and melted chocolate till smooth and fluffy.
7. Add vanilla essence, egg and salt and mix.
8. In another bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.
9. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture and make a smooth soft dough.
10. Wrap dough in plastic and chill for 2 hours.
11. Take chilled doughs and roll each of the dough to 1/4 inch thick rectangle.
12. Cut each rectangle into half.
13. Take one half each of chocolate and peanut butter dough, place chocolate rectangle on top of peanut butter rectangle and fold dough in half and then in half again.
14. Flatten dough and again fold in half and flatten again to 1/4 inch thickness and roll into a log.
15. Wrap log in plastic and chill for 2 hours.
16. Repeat same process with rest of the other half of chocolate and peanut butter dough.
17. Slice log into 1/4 inch thick slices and place them 1 inch apart on a baking sheet.
18. Bake for 11-12 minutes at 180 degrees C or till the bottom of cookie is golden brown.
19. Cool for 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.