Malaysia - Nutty Blossom Cookies (Occasion Hari Raya)

Nutty Blossom Cookies 

(Occasion Hari Raya)

Ingredients

-       125g butter

-       90g sugar

-       1 tbsp peanut butter

-       1 egg yolk

-       Sift:

-       200g plain flour

-       25g rice flour

-       1/2 tsp salt

-       1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

-       100g peanuts, toasted, skinned and halved

-       1 egg white, lightly beaten

Directions

-       Grease baking trays with corn oil or melted butter.

-       Preheat oven to 180°C.

-       Cream butter, sugar, egg yolk and peanut butter until pale.

-       Add sifted ingredients and mix well into a dough.

-       Place dough in between plastic sheets and roll out to 3/4cm thickness.

-       Cut out with a cookie cutter and place on prepared trays.

-       Brush lightly with egg white.

-       Press peanuts on cookies and bake in preheated oven for 13 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

-       Leave cookies on baking tray for one to two minutes, then transfer onto a wire rack to cool.