Peanut Squares Philippine

This dessert recipe posted for zwt ii, as taken from an asian food web site. you will need a meat grinder for this recipe.

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.

Place the peanut mixture over medium flame and cook , stir constantly , until the mixture boils and the sugar dissolves.

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.

When the mixture is so thich that you can see the bottom of the pan when you stir , remove from the stove.

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.

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.

Remove the squares from the board with a metal spatula.

roasted peanuts, sugar, milk