Salted peanut cookies

I love shortbread cookies, there are almost thousands possibilities of flavours that you can add: mandarin, lemon or orange zest, vanilla or cinnamon, cardamom and etc. I stumbled upon this recipe a long time ago on one Russian website that content was about news, conferences for chefs and there were some recipes as well. I don’t know why I haven’t tried this recipe earlier, because these cookies are amazing! They have the right shortbread cookie texture – not too crumbly neither hard, simply divine! 🙂

Salted peanut cookies

Time: 1hr 30min
Difficulty: moderate
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I mix all ingredients with my hands. You may do it with electric mixer, but don’t overmix.

Ingredients

75g butter, cold

50g caster sugar

1 medium egg

lemon zest from 1 small lemon

120g plain flour

30g salted peanuts, chopped

Method

Cut butter into 1cm cubes and bring to room temperature. Divide the egg into yolk and white.
On a flat surface (you can do it in a large bowl too), mix butter with sugar until just coarse crumbs.
Add egg yolk, half of egg white (keep the rest) and lemon zest. Mix to combine.
Mix in flour. Combine the dough. On this step you may think you need to add extra flour, stop, no need to add extra flour or overknead the dough; after resting it’ll be perfect. Cover the dough in a plastic wrap and put in a fridge for 40-50 minutes.
Once the dough is cooled, roll it out on a lightly floured surface into 5mm thick disk. Cut out cookies any shape you like. Carefully transfer cookies on a lined baking tray. Brush with remaining egg white, sprinkle with peanuts.
Bake in preheated 180C oven for 12 minutes or until cookies are lightly golden.

Enjoy!

20 Comments

Antonia says:

I have never had a peanut shortbread cookie. I bet the salty and sweet combo is amazing! I have to try this 🙂
February 2, 2016 at 22:28
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Cookies itself aren’t very sweet, and salted peanuts suit nicely here 😀Thanks for visiting and commenting, Antonia!
  February 3, 2016 at 19:57
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alifemoment says:

Wow this is a very interesting recipe, love the photography! 🙂
February 2, 2016 at 22:34
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Thank you so much for your nice comment! Cookies are very tasty , you should prepare it and taste!😀😉
  February 3, 2016 at 19:56
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  - alifemoment says:
    
    I definitely will. 🙂
    February 3, 2016 at 22:53
The Hungry Mum says:

these look so pretty – I haven’t had peanut shortbread but now I want one 🙂
February 3, 2016 at 01:35
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- milkandbun says:
  
  They turned out unbelievably tasty, and now it’s one of my fav cookies recipe!😊Thanks for commenting!
  Have a nice week!
  February 3, 2016 at 19:54
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ladyredspecs says:

I’m going to try these out Mila
February 3, 2016 at 03:11
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Hope cookies will turn great and tasty as mine were!😀
  February 3, 2016 at 19:53
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deliciouslynell says:

These look cute and delish! Thank you for posting about them!
February 3, 2016 at 04:47
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- milkandbun says:
  
  They are really delicious! 😄
  February 3, 2016 at 19:52
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cookingwithshy says:

These look great!!
February 3, 2016 at 08:38
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Thanks a lot for the comment!
  February 3, 2016 at 19:52
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Gloria says:

Yum. Loved the photography too!
February 3, 2016 at 13:54
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Thanks!
  February 3, 2016 at 19:51
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nipponnin says:

Super cute and sounds very delicious! Nice twist to add lemon, I must try it!
February 4, 2016 at 21:21
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Thank you! Lemon zest adds a nice and delightful aroma to cookies:)
  February 6, 2016 at 14:18
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simplyvegetarian777 says:

This is a lovely and simple recipe. Loved it to the core. Saving it Mila!!
February 5, 2016 at 19:18
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- milkandbun says:
  
  Thank you so much for your words, Sonal! 🙂
  February 6, 2016 at 14:19
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petra08 says:

The cookies looks great, and even better with peanuts! 🙂
February 7, 2016 at 00:52
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