PEANUT BRITTLE COOKIES
Love the taste of peanut brittle? Now you can have it in cookie form! Crunchy buttery cinnamon cookies full of peanuts inside and out. You won’t be able to get enough!
Servings: 2 dozen
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup peanuts, finely chopped
- ½ cup peanuts, coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a large cookie sheet, about 10x14-inches, with shortening or butter. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- Add vanilla extract and 2 Tablespoons of the beaten egg, reserving remainder for brushing on top of cookies prior to baking. Beat until well mixed.
- Add flour, cinnamon and baking soda and blend well.
- Stir in finely chopped peanuts.
- Pat dough firmly onto greased cookie sheet, spreading out to reach all corners.
- Using a pastry brush, brush top of cookie dough with remaining beaten egg.
- Sprinkle top with coarsely chopped peanuts.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes only.
- Take out of oven, let cool slightly, then while still warm either cut into rectangular cookies or break apart into pieces like you would do with peanut brittle.
