Peanut Squares - Philippine

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup roasted peanuts, shelled
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup sugar, for the pastry board

Recipe

• 1 put the peanuts through a meat grinder with a medium blade. then place them in a saucepan with the 1/2 cup of sugar and the milk. mix well.
• 2 place the peanut mixture over medium flame and cook, stir constantly, until the mixture boils and the sugar dissolves.
• 3 lower the flame and cook, stir often,until the mixture thickens. as the mixture gets very thick, stir continually, to prevent sticking. this will take about 15 minutes.
• 4 when the mixture is so thich that you can see the bottom of the pan when you stir, remove from the stove.
• 5 sprinkle the 1/4 cup sugar on the pastry board. turn the peanut mixture out onto the sugar and flatten it out with a spatula. allow to cool so you can handle it.
• 6 roll it out with a rolling pin until the mixture is about 1/4 inch thick. with a knife, cut the mixture into small squares or with a cookie cutter.
• 7 remove the squares from the board with a metal spatula.