Peanut Cookies (Fah Sang Peng, Toh Tau Piah)

The ready batch of Peanut Cookies!

Ingredients:

200g finely ground roasted peanuts (If you use a stick blender becareful not to overblend or else you'll end up with peanut butter)
150g plain flour
100g icing sugar/ or fine sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt (optional if you use salted butter)
2 tbsp of butter (melted, I mean really melted)
50-100 ml Peanut oil (or enough to mix the dough so it sticks, alternatively sunflower or other non fragrant cooking oil can be used *NOT OLIVE OIL*)
1 egg yolk mixed with a tablespoon of milk for glazing
Handful of raw peanuts (halved) for decoration

See how you place the raw peanuts on top of the dough
and glaze over them.

Method:

• Pour finely ground roasted peanuts into a large bowl.
• Toss in all the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Pour in the melted butter and incorporate.
• Then slowly work in the Peanut oil until you can form small doughs.
• Bake in the oven at around 175 °C for about 20 mins (if you have a fan assisted oven reduce the heat to about 5 - 10°C, * 300 -330 °F)

Notes: I use 175°C because my oven is somewhat on the warmer side to avoid all my baking goods to get burnt. So experiment a little with your oven. I've seen the range of baking this dessert from 170°C - 180°C with fan assist and without.