Traditional Chinese Peanut Cookies
Traditional Chinese peanut cookies are a popular snack served to relatives and friends during Chinese New Year.
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Ingredients
- 350 g raw blanched peanuts
- 300 g plain flour
- 140 g icing sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 150 g peanut oil
For egg yolk wash:
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ tbsp plain water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170°C for the raw peanuts. Spread peanuts in single layer on baking tray, bake at 170°C for 20-22 minutes, or until golden brown. Set aside to cool after removing from oven.
- Process the roasted peanuts into finely ground peanut using a food processor.
- Combine plain flour, icing sugar and salt, then sieve into ground peanut, mix well. Add in peanut oil and mix until a dough is formed.
- Preheat oven again to 170°C for the cookies.
- Take out ½ tablespoon (about 7 g) of dough, press until firm and shape gently into a ball. Place the dough balls slightly apart on a lined baking tray.
- Lightly press the dough balls with funnel stem to create small circles.
- Prepare the egg yolk wash: Mix together water and egg yolk, then strain through a sieve.
- Brush the top of dough balls with some egg yolk wash.
- Bake in the preheated oven at 170°C for 20 minutes. After removing from oven, set aside to cool completely.
- When completely cooled, transfer to airtight containers for storage.
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Notes
This recipe yields about 120 pieces of cookies.
The nutritional value for reference is for 1 cookie.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories: 42kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 5mgPotassium: 21mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 2IUCalcium: 2mgIron: 0.2mg
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