Peanut cookies

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By Shaalini Shaalu

Mar, 20th

536

Servings
4 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
7 - 9

Ingredients

  • Butter
  • Sugar
  • Vanilla extract
  • Eggs
  • Maida
  • Baking powder
  • Baking soda
  • Peanuts
  • Chocolate morsels

Instructions

  • In a small saucepan, melt butter. Allow it to cool for about 5 minutes. In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer beat together the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Beat in vanilla, eggs, flour, baking powder and baking soda. Fold in chocolate morsels and peanuts. Refrigerate bowl of cookie dough for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with a nonstick liner. Shape chilled dough into fat disks about 2 1/2 inches in diameter and 1/2-inch thick. Place cookies on baking sheet 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake until golden brown around edges and cracked and chewy in middle, about 15 minutes.Remove cookies from oven while they are still soft in center. Allow cookies to rest on baking sheets for about 3 minutes before transferring them to wire racks to cool. When completely cool, store in an airtight container.