Peanut Cookies  

Posted by: Julia in

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 :
  1. Preheat oven to 165C.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Using a pastry or paint brush, gently brush the cookies with the egg/milk wash.
  7. Bake at 165C for 20mins until golden brown.

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