My ugly yet delicious peanut butter cookies

Maybe there's some kind of paranormal activity happening in my kitchen.
Or some kind of cookie god who doesn't like me.
Or the moon not in the right phase of its cycle.

I can't explain.
I've been baking for 5 years now, but still, here there are, my latest delicious but ugly peanut butter cookies.

Peanut butter cookies

with M&Ms and Peanut butter cups

Don't judge them on their looks, just close your eyes and take a bite.

Ingredients

300g caster sugar

130g unsalted butter

70g smooth peanut butter

275g self raising flour

1 egg

1 good pinch of salt

Chunks: I peanut butter M&Ms and Reese's peanut butter cups

Make the cookies

1/ Preheat your oven at 180°C

2/ Cream the butter, peanut butter and sugar together with a wooden spoon (or an electric mixer) until light and fluffy (this will take about 10 min)

3/ Add the egg and beat again

4/ Add the flour and the salt and mix until combined (try not to over beat the ingredients or your cookies will end up very dry). If the dough is too dry, add milk one tablespoon at a time

5/ Add the M&Ms and/or peanut butter cups in the middle of each cookie

6/ Spoon 2-tablespoon sized balls of dough on a baking sheet (or silicone baking mat) spacing them out quite a lot as the cookies will spread while cooking

7/ Bake for approximately 15 or until just cooked (you want them to still be chewy in the middle). Wait till they cool down before removing them from the sheet (as they will harden as they cool down)

Featuring Gustav the thief cat!