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    By Amanda Smyth 14 Comments

    genius ideas and double chocolate peanut butter cookies

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    This post is brought to you by Volvo.

    I dedicate this post, and these delicious biscuits, to the inventors and their eureka moments without which we’d still be ironing our clothes (and our hair for that matter) with hot rocks. peanut butter chocolate cookies for feature

    The engineer who invented the self-cleaning oven? Pull up a chair mate.

    Josephine Cochrane, the dreamer who glanced down at her manicure and wished the dishes would wash themselves. This one goes out to you.

    The engineer at Volvo who had the brilliant idea of putting built-in booster seats in the XC60? You get two cookies.

    The Swedish prodigy who added an automatic tail gate? You win the life-long adoration of this woman who refuses to make two trips. AND I’ll make you these cookies any time you like.

    There was a rainy afternoon when I considered marrying the person who invented heated car seats, but I have no idea about his marital status. Perhaps a biscuit dedication is more appropriate.

    I discovered another genius invention this week: peanut butter chips. Want little chunks of peanut butter in your cookies but not sure how to pull it off? Some brilliant baking inventor has you covered. I expect that creator of chips of peanut butter is capable of making their own biscuit devotion, but you make the credits of this recipe anyway!DOUBLE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES SOCIAL

    double chocolate peanut butter cookies

    Ingredients:

    120g butter
    1 cup sugar
    1 egg
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1 ½ cups plain flour
    ⅓ cup cocoa
    ½ teaspoon baking powder
    ½ teaspoon baking soda
    splash milk
    100g dark chocolate pieces
    90g (½ cup) peanut butter chips

    Method:

    Cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again until combined. Add the flour, cocoa, baking powder and soda. Mix until well combined. If the mix is too stiff add a splash of milk to the cookie mixture. Stir in the chocolate and peanut butter pieces.

    Place tablespoonfuls of the mixture onto baking trays and bake in a 180°C oven for twelve minutes or until the cookies are baked but still gooey inside. Allow to cool on the tray for five minutes before transferring to cooling racks.double choc peanut butter cookiesjust to say thank you

    We left a bag of these biscuits on the front seat of the XC60 when we returned it to Volvo yesterday. While I’m not certain that they’ll make it all the way to the clever clogs design engineers in Sweden, but I hope the joker who drew the Big Mower on the in-car navigation gets at least one. You tickled my funny bone, well played, Sir.

    the big mower
    the big mower on the nav screen

    what inventor would you dedicate a biscuit to?

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    1. Emily @ Have A Laugh On Me says

      July 03, 2015 at 11:04 am

      Ha ha that's a classic with the lawnmower! I would share my biscuits with those great inventors also. I bet you'll be sad to see the Volvo go, they are fantastic cars alright. x

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        July 03, 2015 at 3:50 pm

        I spent ages staring at that little mower before I realised what it was - so clever!

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    2. Author Bek Mugridge (@bekmugridge) says

      July 03, 2015 at 8:24 pm

      So many clever people, I'm sure they would all love the cookies X

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        July 06, 2015 at 10:48 am

        If only I could come up with one of these million dollar ideas Bek! 🙂

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    3. www.boyeatsworld.com.au says

      July 04, 2015 at 9:28 am

      You should add yourself to the clever people list. Peanut butter chips! Who knew?

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        July 06, 2015 at 10:49 am

        I'm not reading what's in them Aleney. I'm just enjoying the sugar high! 🙂

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    4. mamagrace71 says

      July 05, 2015 at 12:51 pm

      Oh, man! How I love peanut butter! Alas, we can't have any in the house as one of the twins has severe peanut allergies...

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        July 06, 2015 at 10:44 am

        We're making the most of nuts in baking during the school holidays Grace.
        Only one of the twins is allergic? Nature can be weird. x

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    5. MrsDplus3 says

      July 05, 2015 at 6:46 pm

      Ok a self cleaning oven??? I NEEEED one and build in booster seats?? I NEED them too. At least I can make my own cookies and these look amazing xx

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      • Amanda Smyth says

        July 06, 2015 at 10:46 am

        It's hard to go back to the bulky car seats now Robyn! 🙁

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    6. Melissa {Suger} says

      July 07, 2015 at 10:06 pm

      Oh yum. These look great. I'm adding them to my to cook list this very minute. Mmmmm. Peanut butter goodness. My favourite!

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    7. Zamamabakes says

      July 10, 2015 at 9:36 pm

      Built in booster seats that is clever and so handy.
      I'd be lost without my dishwasher, got out first when kidlet number 1 was 12 months old, that was 9 years ago now and I'll never be without one.
      Amanda these biscuits looks and sound sensational, I'm not usually a peanut butter fan but teamed with the double chocolate you could definitely twist my arm.
      Thanks or joining in with our Fabulous Foodie Friday fun.
      Have a fantastic weekend xx

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    8. Donna says

      March 08, 2017 at 6:32 pm

      My son always clicks on our seat warmers when I am not looking and then watches for me to react. It's a slow build up then too hot! We first experienced them in Ireland (much more fitting weather for seat warming technology)... and my husband and I didn't realise that such a thing existed. We couldn't work out why our butts were so hot. They had switched them on for us at the car hire place.... and it was a Volvo. We also almost got said fancy Volvo stuck in a bog but that was really my fault not the driver. I was trying to get him to pull over closer for a shot of some Irish Sheep. Gorgeous mountains in the background.. Photo came out great. Car was saved.

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