Peanut cookies / Biskut Kacang Mazola

Peanut cookies..hmm..what can i say? It's a household tradition to make these delectable cookies during Eid.  Well at least in my parents home it is. This year I made these late because honestly..I have never made them before..but I've tasted plenty..some delicious..some bland...some..errr...can't even be called cookies..hehehhe Anyway my mum makes the best ones... :)

For this particular peanut cookie recipe I'm about to share with you...well i stumbled upon it while searching for the best online recipe (and it seemed like it had the least amount of ingredients). I went through the comments the recipe received and I came to a conclusion..this is the ONE! huhuhu 

I also decided to experiment a bit with this recipe as i saw somebody commented that the cookies would taste different if you actually fried the peanuts without oil until browned as compared to the taste with just baking the peanuts in the oven...and also using the mortar and pestle (lesung batu) as compared to using a food processor. Well....guess what? I made two batches. One batch was made by frying the peanuts in a pan without oil and then bashing (crushing?..erk...the right word has yet to come to mind) using the mortar and pestle. Another batch was made by baking the peanuts till browned and then blitzing them in a food processor. Well well well.... the verdict...*drum roll please*.... the olden day method = pan frying without oil and crushing them in the mortar and pestle was wayyyyy worth the effort. The taste was like superb peanut buttery goodness! 

Anyway, let's get back on track. Here is the recipe and give it a go. For those worried about zits when eating peanuts..well..who cares! 1-2 zits wouldn't hurt..or your waistline...or.....ok ok enough already..the bad side over weighs the good..but have a go at it anyway because the cookies are sooo good. :)

Peanut Cookies / Biskut Kacang Mazola

Source: Arah

Ingredients:

200gm plain flour

200gm groundnuts/peanuts-fried without oil in a pan until golden brown

100 gm icing sugar

1 small bottle of mazola oil or any other corn oil

salt to taste

egg yolk for glazing

extra peanuts for decoration

Instructions:

1. Pan fry the peanuts till golden brown, (some may want to bake it) and finely crush the cooled peanuts in a mortar and pestle (or you could blitz it up in a food processor or grinder).
2. In a bowl, combine flour sugar salt and finely crushed peanuts.
3. Add the mazola oil little by little to the dry ingredients and mix till it forms a soft pliable dough. (don't put in the whole bottle..just until it forms a dough ok )
4. Scoop up the dough using a 1/2 tablespoon measuring spoon and roll to form a round cookie.
5. Glaze the tops of the cookie and put 1/2 a peanut on top to decorate.
6. Place in a preheated oven of 170 degrees Celsius until the glaze is golden brown. Usually it indicates that the cookie is done. 
7. When golden brown remove from the oven and place on the rack to cool. Once cooled put some into our mouth..nyumm nyumm nyumm..enjoy it and put the remainder of the cookies into airtight container. hahahha

they may not look too pretty but they sure do taste good!

in an airtight container..er...never full to the top because of the cookie monster (ME!!)