Popular Traditional Chinese New Year Cookies : Peanut Cookies 花生饼

Here is one of my favorite CNY cookies since I were a kid. These melt in the mouth nutty taste was amazing and it's easy to make.

Ingredients:

200 gm peanuts, shelled
100 gm all-purpose flour&
60 gm icing sugar
a pinch of salt
100 ml vegetable oil
1 egg, beaten for glazing

Instructions:

1) Grind peanuts in a food processor to until fine and smooth.

2) Mix in the fine peanuts powder, flour, sugar, and salt into a large bowl. Pour in oil and mix well together.

3) Shape dough into balls (1 tablespoon size),  before placing onto parchment paper on the baking pan and press down slightly,  poke lightly on top of the ball with a straw.

4) Brush top of cookie with egg wash.

5) Bake in preheated oven at 170°C oven for approximately 15 minutes, until the balls turn golden brown.

6) Allow them to cool completely, then store in an CNY cookies bottle.

Roast the shelled peanuts in an ovan for 15-20 minutes at 177ºC.

The skin roasted peanuts are removed

1) Grind peanuts in a food processor to until fine and smooth.

2) Mix in the fine peanuts powder, flour, sugar, and salt into a large bowl. Pour in oil and mix well together.

3) Shape dough into balls (1 tablespoon size), before placing onto parchment paper on the baking pan and press down slightly, poke lightly on top of the ball with a straw.

 4) Brush top of cookie with egg wash.

 

5) Bake in preheated oven at 170°C oven for approximately 15 minutes, until the balls turn golden brown. Allow them to cool completely, then store in an CNY cookies bottle.