Shortbread Cookies with Ground Peanuts and Vanilla
Quick homemade baking with an unforgettable taste! Fragrant, melt-in-your-mouth nutty cookies from shortcrust dough without eggs, baking soda or baking powder will pleasantly surprise you with their excellent flavor and will surely appeal to many!
Updated : 03 December, 2025
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
125 grams
Butter
200 grams
Powdered sugar
125 milliliters
Vegetable oil
1 teaspoon
Vanilla sugar
250 grams
Peanut
400 grams
Wheat flour
0.25 teaspoon
Salt
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How can you quickly make fragrant shortbread cookies with peanuts for tea that everyone will definitely enjoy? First of all, prepare all the ingredients you need to make perfectly tasty shortbread cookies with peanuts.
Step 2
Take a suitable deep bowl and put in it 125 grams of softened butter (about 9 tablespoons or a bit more than 1 stick).
Step 3
Add 100 grams of powdered sugar (about ¾ cup) to the butter.
Step 4
Pour 125 milliliters of vegetable oil (about ½ cup) into the bowl and mix all the ingredients well.
Step 5
Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar and mix everything until smooth.
Step 6
Grind 250 grams of roasted peanuts (about 2 cups) in a blender and add them to the bowl.
Step 7
Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt to the bowl and mix all the ingredients thoroughly until you get a uniform mass.
Step 8
Add most of the 400 grams of previously sifted all-purpose wheat flour (about 3¼ cups) into the bowl.
Step 9
Mix all the ingredients in the bowl and start kneading the dough.
Step 10
Add the remaining flour and continue kneading the dough in the bowl with your hands until you reach the desired consistency.
Step 11
Form cookies from the prepared dough and, if you like, press a peanut half into each one.
Step 12
Place the shaped cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and put it into a preheated 180°C (about 355°F) oven.
Step 13
Bake the first batch of cookies in the oven for 20 minutes, then bake the remaining two batches in turn.
Step 14
After baking, while the cookies are still hot, roll them in powdered sugar and place them on plates.
Step 15
We cook together, we cook simply, we cook at home the most delicious dishes from affordable ingredients with our recipes! Wishing everyone a pleasant tea time and enjoy your cookies!
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