Cocoa & Peanut Cookie

The ingredients are super simple yet the taste lingers longer than my cookie jar could hold!

Original recipe by Ailsa Bernhardt :

• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 1 1/2 cup self raising flour
• 1 cup raw peanut
  
• 125 gr margarine, melted
  
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

(1 cup self raising flour can be substituted by 1 cup plain flour + 1 1/2 tsp baking powder + 1/4 tsp baking soda)

Modified by Cindy :

• 150 gr caster / icing sugar
• 180 gr plain flour
• 120 gr raw peanut
• 125 gr margarine, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 11/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• pinch of salt
  

Beat caster sugar and egg until mixed well, mixer on high speed, then add chopped peanuts and vanilla.

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa together, and add to egg mixture.

You will need to reduce the mixer speed to slow as the mixture could get very sticky.

Add the melted margarine, bring the mixer speed to normal / high until all mixed well.

Spoon the mixture on to slightly greased tray.

Cook in preheated oven in moderate / 180C for about 20 minutes.