Helen Goh’s Recipe For Peanut And Blackcurrant Thumbprint Cookies | The Sweet Spot

Niki Segnit writes successful The Flavour Thesaurus that, while grape jelly is nan acquainted partner to peanut food successful nan classical PBJ, she thinks blackcurrant, pinch its sharper, much analyzable character, would beryllium a acold amended lucifer for nan fatty and salty peanuts. I couldn’t work together more, though I’ll admit I’m not wholly impartial: blackcurrant is my favourite jam. Here, it’s spooned into nan centre of a tender, peanut-crusted shortbread, wherever it bakes into a glossy, somewhat chewy jewel that sits successful cleanable opposition to nan crumbly, buttery biscuit. It’s nan benignant of mini pleasance I find myself returning to again and again.

Peanut and blackcurrant thumbprint cookies

Prep 15 min, positive chilling and cooling
Cook 35 min
Makes 13

110g unsalted butter, astatine room temperature
50g caster sugar
¼ tsp salt
100g plain flour, sifted
60g crushed almonds
1 tsp vanilla extract
60g salted roasted peanuts
60g blackcurrant jam

Put nan butter, sweetener and brackish successful nan vessel of an electrical mixer fitted pinch nan paddle attachment and hit for 2 minutes connected medium–high speed, until ray and creamy. Scrape down nan guidelines and sides of nan vessel pinch a spatula, past adhd nan flour, crushed almonds and vanilla, and operation connected debased velocity until it each comes together into a soft dough.

Scrape nan mixed connected to a activity aboveground and knead mildly conscionable to bring it together into a soft ball. Flatten slightly, wrap aliases cover, and chill successful nan fridge for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, statement 1 ample (or 2 smaller) baking trays pinch baking paper. Put nan peanuts successful a zip-lock bag, bash them astir pinch a rolling pin until lightly crushed, past extremity into a bowl.

Heat nan oven to 170C (150C fan)/340F/gas 3½. Remove nan mixed from nan fridge, pinch disconnected 13 (roughly 25g) pieces and rotation them into balls. Roll each shot successful nan crushed peanuts, pressing them lightly into nan mixed truthful they instrumentality to it. Arrange connected nan tray, spacing them astir 5cm apart. Press your thumb slow into nan centre of each to make a heavy indentation, past spoon astir half a spoon of blackcurrant jam into each – return attraction not to overfill them.

Bake for astir 35 minutes, until nan jam is bubbling and nan cookies are conscionable opening to return connected colour connected nan bases and edges. Remove from nan oven, time off to cool connected nan trays for a fewer minutes, past transportation to a rack to cool completely.