I am not brave enough to try anything slimy or swampy (much kudos to the Fraus who dare) so I tried these...
Jack Monroe creates some delicious peanut butter and jam cookies. A great recipe to get children involved with - get them to help make the thumb prints on the cookies and to fill them with jam.
www.greatbritishchefs.com
I mean, how wrong can cookies get! Surely not too much of a challenge. Plus, I do like PB&J.
I used the same tablespoon for all the measuring (to maintain consistency).
Following the recipe was easy enough. First problem was the dough was far too dry (see mix in bowl). Like a pastry without the water being added. I added an extra tablespoon of peanut butter but still not sticking together. My egg yolk wasn’t massive - just average. I ended up adding a fairly generous splash of almond milk to get a workable dough.
The mix gave me 14 good sized cookies (not 12) but 4 tablespoons of jam was still far too much even with grownup thumbs (not the ickle smol pixie boy sized one mentioned in the recipe) so I had about 1/2 tablespoon left.
The second problem - They took 20 minutes to cook. (I checked after 10 mins, 14 mins, 18 mins and took them out at 20 even though they still looked too pale and were still a bit soft. They did not spread out.
They taste blander than I would like and the peanut flavour is only just there. They are also a bit dry (you need a big cuppa to enjoy with two of these). They have a pasty sort of texture that stick to the roof of your mouth.
Not the worst thing I have made, but not entering my repertoire of regular bakes at all. 5/10 at best. Must try harder.
Usual problems relating to Jack not testing them out a few times and tweaking. If I did do them again I would add extra peanut butter - lose at least one tablespoon of flour and make them thinner as they don’t flatten or spread at all. I suspect the “rainy day fun with tiny thumbed pixie boy” happened once. For the recipe/blog/brief.
Costing wise - didn’t have to buy anything as had all ingredients. Food is more expensive here so can’t do a fair pricing for the UK fraus anyway!