Chinese Peanuts Cookies
The most traditional and popular Chinese New Year cookies that are normally given as gifts or served to friend and family during the festive season.
- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 12 min
- Yield
- 48 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 320 g peanuts (unsalted )
- 320 g gluten free all-purpose flour
- 30 g desiccated coconut
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup rice bran oil
- 1/4 cup agave syrup
- 1/4 cup peanuts (unsalted, halved)
Instructions
- 1
Add all the unsalted peanuts into a food processor and ground until you get a smooth paste.
- 2
In a medium bowl, combine and mix all the wet ingredients.
- 3
In a large bowl, whisk the rest of the dry ingredients together and add in the peanut paste. Mix and combine well with a spatula.
- 4
Then add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well with a spatula.
- 5
Use your hands to knead the dough until you get a smooth dough.
- 6
Preheat fan-forced oven to 160C or 320F. Position the oven rack in the lower third of your oven.
- 7
Using your hands squeeze some dough together and form a small ball (20g/1oz), repeat until you have used up all the dough.
- 8
Place each cookie dough ½ inch apart, onto large non-stick baking trays lined with baking paper.
- 9
Press each halved peanut gently onto the center of each cookie dough.
- 10
Bake in the oven for 12 minutes or until the cookies are lightly brown.
- 11
Allow the cookies to cool on the baking trays for 5 to 10 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
- 12
Once the cookies are completely cooled, store in an air-tight container.