No Chinese New Year celebration is complete without Chinese peanut cookies. This recipe uses peanuts, butter, all-purpose flour, and sugar; very simple ingredients with delicious peanut taste. Peanut and peanut butter lovers will definitely love these must have Chinese New Year peanut cookies.
In a mixing bowl, combine ground peanut, flour, sugar, and salt. Mix well. Slowly pour melted butter into the dry ingredients and mix until it become a smooth dough.
Pinch a small amount of dough (about 10 gram, or a heaping teaspoon), roll into a ball and place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Repeat until all dough is used up.
To make the indentation in the cookies, I use the cap of a ballpoint.
Brush the top of the cookies with egg yolk.
Preheat oven to 170 Celcius (340 Fahrenheit), bake for 25 minutes until golden brown.
Let cool completely before storing.
Notes
To roast peanuts, preheat oven to to 180 Celcius (350 Fahrenheit), then spread the peanuts on a baking tray in one layer. Cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Then let the peanuts cooled completely before grinding.
Traditionally, 1 cup of lard is used instead of butter.
