recipe from joythebaker.com
adapted from Baking: from my home to yours
makes 30-34 cookies
1 3/4 cup finely ground honey roasted peanuts (use a food processor fit with a blade attachment)
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
powdered sugar for dusting
about 1 cup good quality jam of your choice
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and position a rack in the upper third of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment or foil and set aside
Whisk together ground peanuts and flour.
Using a stand mixer fit with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 or 4 minutes. Add the extract and beat to blend. Reduce the speed of the mixer to low and gradually add the nut-flower mixture, mixing only until just incorporated. Use a spatula to hand mix any flour or nuts that have not been mixed in thoroughly.
Working with a scant tablespoon (just eyeball it) of dough at a time, roll the dough between your palms to form small balls and place the balls two inches apart on the cookie sheet. Steadying each cookie with the thumb and finger of one hand, use the pinkie of your other hand to poke a hole in the center of each cookie. Be careful. You don't want to press all the way down to the cookie sheet.
Bake for 15-18 minutes. The cookies will only be slightly colored and might even look underdone. That's fine. You don't want them overbaked. When the cookies are done, remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies rest on the sheet for 2 minutes before transferring them to cooling racks with a metal spatula.
Repeat with the remaining dough until all the cookies are baked off and cooling.
Bring the jam to a boil in a small saucepan over low heat, or in the microwave. Remove from heat. Sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar and then fill the indentations (they might have smoothed over slightly during baking) with you jam of choice. Enjoy!