Ingredients :
- 200g peanuts (can use 200g ready-ground peanuts, dry-frying it yourself gives it a better taste)
- 200g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 100g icing sugar
- 1/4 tsp + a small pinch more of salt
- 50-100g coarsely chopped peanuts, dry fry in a wok till fragrant
- 100g groundnut oil, plus more if needed
- 1egg for wash
Directions :
- Preheat oven to 165C.
- Dry fry the 200g of peanuts in a wok over low heat, stirring continously, until fragrant. This will take about 5-10mins. Let peanuts cool completely, rub off skin and grind them into a powder. I used a food processor to do this but I think a coffee grinder or blender would work as well. I also added the salt into the grinder so that it gets evenly distributed into the ground peanut mixture.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and icing sugar. Add in the ground peanut and salt mixture, and the caosrsely chopped peanuts and mix well.
- Add in oil and mix with your hands until a pliable dough forms. You may need to add a little more oil to get the dough to come together into a ball.
- Pinch off little bits of dough and roll into balls. If you desire a uniform button shape like in the picture above, use a small bottle-cap, line the hollow bit with cling wrap, and press the dough into the cling-wrapped cavity. Lift the cling-wrap to release the dough and place onto a baking tray.
- Using a pastry or paint brush, gently brush the cookies with the egg/milk wash.
- Bake at 165C for 20mins until golden brown.
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