peanut crunchies

Name: Peanut Crunchies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) butter, or margarine; 1/2 cup(s) brown sugar, firmly packed; 2 - egg yolks; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 2 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 - egg whites, slightly beaten; 2 cup(s) chopped, salted, peanuts; ## FILLING; 1/2 cup(s) peanut butter; 1/2 cup(s) apple jelly

(3 RATINGS)

103 Pinches 1 Photo

Russ Myers

Necedah, WI

Updated on Jun 29, 2013

These cookies will be a favorite with all the peanut lovers.

Rate

prep time 20 Min

cook time 15 Min

method Bake

yield 5 Dozen

Ingredients

1 cup butter, or margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 - egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 - egg whites, slightly beaten
2 cups chopped, salted, peanuts
FILLING
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup apple jelly

How To Make peanut crunchies

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Sift flour and salt together. Stir into sugar mixture.

Step 2

Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Dip in slightly beaten egg whites, roll in peanuts, and place on ungreased baking sheet.
Step 3

Bake in preheated (375 F) oven 5 minutes. Remove from oven; press thumb gently into top of each cookie. Return to oven for 8 minutes.
Step 4

Cool cookies. Mix filling ingredients together. Fill cookies with peanut-jelly filling.
Last Step: Don't forget to share! Post a picture of your finished recipe here and on your favorite social network. Don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes!

Comment & Reviews

Comments and reviews are disabled on unpublished recipes.

Just A Pinch Sweepstakes