peanut gems

Name: Peanut Gems
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 cup(s) (2 sticks) butter, softened; 1 cup(s) packed light brown sugar; 2 - eggs; 2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cup(s) cocktail peanuts; - powdered sugar for dusting

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Nancy Allen

Wentzville, MO

Updated on Dec 18, 2012

Thses are a really good butter cookie with cocktail peanuts in the mix.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 15 Min

method Bake

yield 30 cookies

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 - eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups cocktail peanuts
- powdered sugar for dusting

How To Make peanut gems

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350F, Combine flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Gradually beat in brown sugar; increase speed to medium high until light and fluffy.

Step 2

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually stir in flour mixture until blended. Stir in the peanuts until blended.
Step 3

Drop 1 tbsp. of dough about 1 inch apart onto parchment lined baking sheets; flatten slightly with hands. Bake 12 minutes or until set. Let cookies stand on sheets 5 minutes; transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Dust cookies with powdered sugar. Store in airtight container. Makes 30 cookies
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