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
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!
I have never had a peanut shortbread cookie. I bet the salty and sweet combo is amazing! I have to try this 🙂
Cookies itself aren’t very sweet, and salted peanuts suit nicely here 😀Thanks for visiting and commenting, Antonia!
Wow this is a very interesting recipe, love the photography! 🙂
Thank you so much for your nice comment! Cookies are very tasty , you should prepare it and taste!😀😉
I definitely will. 🙂
these look so pretty – I haven’t had peanut shortbread but now I want one 🙂
They turned out unbelievably tasty, and now it’s one of my fav cookies recipe!😊Thanks for commenting!
Have a nice week!
I’m going to try these out Mila
Hope cookies will turn great and tasty as mine were!😀
These look cute and delish! Thank you for posting about them!
They are really delicious! 😄
These look great!!
Thanks a lot for the comment!
Yum. Loved the photography too!
Thanks!
Super cute and sounds very delicious! Nice twist to add lemon, I must try it!
Thank you! Lemon zest adds a nice and delightful aroma to cookies:)
This is a lovely and simple recipe. Loved it to the core. Saving it Mila!!
Thank you so much for your words, Sonal! 🙂
The cookies looks great, and even better with peanuts! 🙂