Peanut Cookies

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 01:44:05 GMT

Step 1

Heat the oven to 375F.

Step 2

Spread out the peanuts over a baking tray and roast them in the oven for about 10 minutes, until they are fragrant and starting to brown. Set them aside to cool completely.

Step 3

Tip the cooled peanuts into the bowl of a food processor and blitz them to a medium or fine-ground consistency, then set aside.

Step 4

Add the ground peanuts, flour, salt, and icing sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the beater. Mix on low speed to combine then add the oil, mixing until just combined.

Step 5

Divide the dough into 36 equal pieces, each about 20g. Roll each piece between your hands to form a little sausage and place the sausage shapes onto a lined baking sheet. Pinch the middle of the sausage to narrow it a little and flatten the dough at either end - you're aiming to shape the cookies to resemble "monkey nuts." Use a cocktail stick to score lines horizontally and vertically over the surface of each shaped dough to create the "monkey-nut" texture. Repeat for all the dough pieces, spacing them well apart over two baking sheets.

Step 6

Bake the cookies for 11-12 minutes, or until brown at the bottom and around the edges, then leave to cool on the trays.

Step 7

Once cool, turn half of the cookies base upwards and spread each with 2 teaspoons of peanut butter and 1 teaspoon of raspberry jam. Sandwich with the remaining cookies, then serve.

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