I made some biscuits aka cookies the other night. It turned
into an episode of the Great British Bake Off with the sampling, the analysing,
the dissecting both in terms of the actual product and the discussion, but it
was good fun, albeing fattening fun. Fatteningly fine fun. Naturally, I indulged in too many, along with huge amounts of the uncooked mixture, oh the joy.
The only thing, of course, is that you can’t really
go and re-do the biscuits if they're a disaster after you’ve spent all the time, all the mess-making (oh,
the mess-making), and the money to buy all the ingredients. Especially at ten o'clock at night when you're taking them to work the next day for a Bake Sale.
However, praise be, they were fine. Absolutely fine.
The recipe, replicated below, is for them: Peanut
cookies. The only thing I did differently was add chocolate chips to them, as
one does when one can. Also, I had normal peanuts that I roasted in the oven
for a bit and rubbed most of the skins off after, not blanched ones.
I do think the chocolate was a nice addition and they
were quite yummy and peanutty. I made about 16 of them so they were a respectably good size.
The recipe comes via https://www.bite.co.nz/recipe/12387/Peanut-cookies/
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125 g
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1 cup
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1
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1 tsp
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1¾ cups
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1 tsp
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1½ cups
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Directions
. Heat an oven to
160C.
Place the butter
and sugar in a mixer bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Add the egg and
vanilla and beat again.
Sift in the flour
and baking powder and combine. Lastly, mix through the peanuts (and the chocolate chips, I used about a half cup of these divine morsels.)
Place tablespoons
of mixture on a greased baking tray. Press gently with a fork. Bake for 15-20
minutes until golden and cooked through. Remove and cool on a rack.
