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Baked goods make delicious snacks during Chinese New Year celebration. Peanut cookies are one of them. These melt-in-your-mouth cookies are aromatic and have a soft texture. You’ll certainly ask for more!

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year!

Ingredients:
2 + 1/3 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup icing sugar, sifted
200g roasted peanuts, finely ground
175g roasted peanuts, coarsely ground
30 roasted whole peanuts, halved
3/4 cup vegetable oil or peanut oil
1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
2 tsp water

Directions:
1. Prepare the ground roasted peanuts from store-bought roasted peanuts (without skins), with a kitchen blender.
2. Mix together icing sugar, finely ground roasted peanuts, and salt (if using unsalted peanuts).
3. In a separate mixing bowl, combine all-purpose flour and baking powder. Mix well.
4. Pour in the flour mixture gradually into the peanut mixture in (2). Mix well.
5. Next, incorporate the coarsely ground roasted peanuts into the mixture.
6. Add vegetable oil (or peanut oil) into the mixture to form cookie dough. Mix well.
7. Roll the dough into small balls. Place a halved peanut on top of each of them, by applying light pressure.
8. Mix the lightly beaten egg yolk and water together. Using a pastry brush, apply egg wash on cookies.
9. Bake cookies at 325 F for 15 minutes. Apply egg wash once again on cookies and bake them for another 5 minutes, or until golden brown.

* This recipe yields about 60 cookies.

Suggestion: Add additional (~ 1/4 cup) oil to prevent cracks on the cookie surface.

Tags: Baking, Cookies

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