Shortbread cookies with peanuts

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make shortbread cookies with peanuts? Measure out the necessary products. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it softens at room temperature.

2. Step 2:

   

   Mix flour with baking powder and sift through a sieve. The flour will be enriched with oxygen, and the dough will rise better. And the cookies will turn out more tender and crumbly.

3. Step 3:

   

   In a suitable sized container, combine the soft butter with sugar and vanilla sugar.

4. Step 4:

   

   Whisk everything at a low speed of the mixer until a fluffy homogeneous mass.

5. Step 5:

   

   Beat an egg into the butter-sugar mixture.

6. Step 6:

   

   Whisk again until smooth.

7. Step 7:

   

   Pour in the flour sifted with baking powder. Mix first with a spoon, then knead the dough with your hands. Do this quickly so that the dough does not get too hot from the heat of your hands. The taste of the finished cookies will depend on this. The prolonged process of kneading the shortbread dough will make the baking harsh and rough.

9. Step 8:

   

   The dough turns out soft, oily, not sticky to the hands. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.

10. Step 9:

    

    To make the nuts more fragrant, fry them in a dry frying pan over moderate heat until golden brown. At the same time, stir the peanuts periodically so that it blushes evenly.

11. Step 10:

    

    Cool the peanuts, pour them into a tight bag and chop them with a rolling pin to medium-sized crumbs.

12. Step 11:

    

    Form cookies from the cooled dough: roll a ball and roll it in crushed peanuts from all sides. Then roll it again so that the nuts connect well with the dough.

13. Step 12:

    

    Press the ball to make a round cookie. In this way, form all the cookies. I advise you not to make it too thin, so that the edges do not dry out during baking. The optimal thickness is approximately 0.8-1 cm. Place the cookie blanks on a baking sheet lined with parchment.

14. Step 13:

    

    Bake shortbread cookies in a preheated 190C oven for about 20 minutes until light golden brown. The cooking time may vary, as it depends on the specifics of the operation of a particular oven.

15. Step 14:

    

    Cool the finished cookies and serve them to the table. Bon appetit!