Thin Crispy Peanut Wafers

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup salted peanuts
• additional peanuts, as topping (optional)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 cup sifted unbleached flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 adjust oven rack to center of oven (these will bake 1 sheet at a time).
• 2 preheat oven to 400°.
• 3 if you have cookie sheets with only one raised rim (best for recipe) or use any cookie sheet turned upside down.
• 4 line sheets with foil, shiny side up. (don't use heavyweight, or cookies won't bake well) set aside.
• 5 pour 1 cup of peanuts in bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal chopping blade.
• 6 add a few tablespoons of the sugar and briefly pulse machine 10 times to chop nuts into coarse pieces.
• 7 some will be powdery, some coarse, and some whole, it is okay, set aside.
• 8 melt butter in a small pan over moderate heat; set aside for now.
• 9 combine sifted flour and baking soda; set aside.
• 10 place egg, milk, melted butter, and remaining sugar in small bowl of an electric mixer.
• 11 beat until mixed; add sifted dry ingredients and the peanuts. beat again until mixed.
• 12 transfer to shallow bowl for ease in handling. spray a foil-lined sheet with pam.
• 13 place dough by slightly rounded tablespoonfuls (not heaping) on sheet, placing the mounds 3 inches apart. try to keep shapes neat.
• 14 top each with a few of the peanuts (if you like or with as many as you can fit on the top each cookie).
• 15 bake 1 sheet at a time. after 5 minutes, reverse sheet front to back.
• 16 cookies will rise, spread out, then flatten into very thin wafers with bumpy tops.
• 17 they will spread out to 3 1/2 to- 4 1/2-inches in diameter.
• 18 cookies should bake until golden brown, then remove from oven.
• 19 if cookies have run into each other, cut apart immediately while very hot.
• 20 cool on sheet for 1 or 2 minutes, then slide foil off sheet.
• 21 let cookies stand until firm enough to be removed.
• 22 will be easy to peel the foil away from backs.