Peanut cookies

Name: Peanut cookies
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 300 g Flour; 1 knife tip Baking Powder; 200 g Butter or margarine; 75 g Sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 1 TABLESPOON Cocoa powder; 1 egg (size M); baking paper; 200 g Sugar; 20 g Butter or margarine; 300 g shelled unsalted peanuts

AUTHOR
Kristopher Marks

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1

300 g Flour
1 knife tip Baking Powder
200 g Butter or margarine
75 g Sugar
1 pinch Salt
1 TABLESPOON Cocoa powder
1 egg (size M)
baking paper
200 g Sugar
20 g Butter or margarine
300 g shelled unsalted peanuts

Directions

1
Knead flour, baking powder, fat in flakes, sugar, salt, cocoa and egg with the dough hooks of the hand mixer to a smooth dough. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes. Roll out the dough and cut out 20 circles (approx. 8 cm Ø) with a round cookie cutter. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on a cake rack.
2
For the topping, melt sugar in a pan and caramelise until golden brown. Add fat and 50 millilitres of hot water and boil down to a creamy mixture. Fold in peanuts. Allow to cool slightly and place one tablespoon of the peanut mixture on each cookie and allow to set. Results in 20 cookies