Peanut Balls (Cookies)
Recipe: #12573
May 18, 2014
"These cookies are from Veracruz, where peanuts are produced"
Original is 40 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (17.7 g)
- Calories 80.7
- Total Fat - 4 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.2 g
- Cholesterol - 7.6 mg
- Sodium - 11.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 9.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
- Sugars - 3.4 g
- Protein - 1.6 g
- Calcium - 12 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F .
Step 2
Sift the flour with the baking powder onto a clean surface. Make a well in the center and add the lard and egg. Combine the ingredients with your fingers to make a smooth dough. Add the peanut paste and knead the dough lightly.
Step 3
Roll the dough into balls about the size of a walnut.
Step 4
Place balls on a greased cookie sheet 3 inches apart. Flatten the balls slightly. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until they turn a light golden brown.
Step 5
Remove them from the oven and sprinkle generously with sugar while they are still warm.
Tips
No special items needed.