my peanut butter & carob chip biscuits

Ingredients

125g unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or vanilla bean seeds from one vanilla bean)
1 teaspoon lemon rind, grated finely (I use a fine mandolin)
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed lightly
1/2 cup unsalted crunchy or smooth peanut butter (I prefer Sanitarium from the healthfood isle because the ingredients are just peanuts.)
1/3 cup carob buttons broken into pieces
1 1/4 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
Pinch salt

Method

Preheat a the oven to 180°c.

In a larger bowl cream the butter, vanilla extract, lemon rind and sugars. Add the peanut butter and mix well.

Add the sifted flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and carob pieces and mix with a spatula until well combined.

With your hands, roll into balls the size of walnuts and place on trays lined with greaseproof baking paper. Press each biscuit gently with a fork - first crossways and en lengthways.

Bake for 15 minutes or until golden. Cool biscuits on trays for 10 minute then transfer carefully to cooling racks.

Makes approx 24