Chinese New Year Peanut Cookies (花生饼)
I’ve made the peanut cookies for the Chinese New Year again. Those little golden morsels of soft peanut crumbs that simply melt in the mouth like eating a dollop of peanut butter never fail to satiate my cravings. I’ve revised my previous recipe a little and yield a better result. You can grab the recipe after the fold and make sure you check this video I’ve created for this recipe! Much fun. 
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Chinese New Year Peanut Cookies - 花生饼 (check out my previous recipe) (yield 30 – 40 cookies) Ingredients 1. 300g peanuts, fried/roasted and ground until fine 2. 200g castor sugar 3. 250g all purpose flour 4. 200ml of vegetable oil (use sparingly and use only enough to bind the mixture, around 150ml - 170ml) 5. 1 teaspoon salt 6. handful of peanuts, halved 7. 1 beaten egg for glazing finishing touch Methods 1. Grind the toasted peanuts till fine and put them in a large mixing bowl. The oil from the ground peanut will make them stick into lumps, use fingers to break them apart. 2. Sift the flour, salt and sugar into the peanut mixture and mix them together until well combined. 3. Drizzle half of the oil into the bowl, use hand and knead the mixture together. 4. Pour the rest of the oil while still kneading the mixture until all the sugar melted and you can roll the mixture up into a ball without sticking to the bowl or your fingers. Then test it with a small lump of the mixture and roll into a ball between your palms. If it doesn’t crumble, then your mixture is ready. If not, add just bit more oil until you can roll them into a ball. 5. Wash, clean and dry your hands. Sit down, turn on the TV and switch to your favourite channel and ready for some ball rolling action. 6. Scoop a tablespoon of the mixture into your palm, and roll them into small balls then place on the baking tray with baking paper. 7. Put a little halved peanut on top of each ball, then glaze it with the beaten egg. Put in the oven for 17 mins or until golden brown. Note: once cool down on the rack, put them in an air-tight seal container. Alternatively, you can store in any container with a screw top lid, then seal it with sticky tape.
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Hehehe cute video! I love these cookies and will be making them again and again and again….
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hehe i love your videos billy!
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You are a genius!! Your video is excellent and so funny!!! You made these old-fashion peanuts look so IN.
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i like the video
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Awesome video, Billy!
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great used of joanna wang music, cool video. B)
Awesome photos! Mum makes these at least once a year. I’m usually the one rolling them all into balls *sigh*
like the idea of the peanut ontop. Shall be showing her that one!
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Love the video and, more importantly, the look of the cookies. And I have a severe weakness for the walnut version of these =p
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You put a whole new spin on showing us “how to”. The video means my mouse hand gets a break! Looking forward to the next one! : D
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Brilliant video, wonder why I’ve just found myself digging peanut butter out of the jar?
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Hehe love the video billy! And of course I love the peanut cookies, I’ve only ever had store bought ones and I’d love to know what homemade ones taste like!
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O.M.G! this is my favorite, favorite chinese new year snack of all time! every year i will insist on buying it, together with bak kwa!
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Cool video. I couldn’t take my eyes off the peanut that was stuck near the top of the grinder. Hope it was okay.
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What a lovely video!! The music was awesome, too!! I’ll be looking up that artist.
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Thanks for sharing this recipe. I really feel hungry!
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Very nice video with the right song. Well-baked cookies too
Loved the video and music!
I just made a 1/2 batch and they are really good. It was melt-in-your-mouth-I’m-going-to-get-a-nosebleed good. Beautiful, professional photography/presentation as usual.
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I am so excited to make these! thanks for the inspiration!
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Made them this afternoon, thanks for sharing the recipe
These cookies were so moreish! Nice work with the video as well. Like the clean presentation.
Can I use almonds instead of peanuts ? Thks
Yum! This looks really good and easy! Will try to make it.. the last minute cookies!
Hi, this recipe sounds wounderful. I’ve been a follower or masterchef season 3 and I adore your style of cooking. I’m also a malaysian myself.
Just wanna ask, how do you knead the mixture together while its in the bowl or do you take it out? Would love to try out this recipe.
can the kneading be done with a stand mixer on medium speed and just slowly trickling the oil in?
…so im wondering how would they taste if i stuff these lil gems with chocolate morsels….hmmmm i think i’ll give it a shot!
Nice!!! Such a traditional Chinese cookie
I love the video too ~ Thanks for the fab recipe!
Happy New Year Billy! These peanut cookies look so crumbly and nice. I miss having these from when I used to live in Singapore, they were everywhere, these and pineapple tarts. Thanks for sharing a recipe that looks easy enough to attempt!