If you’ve ever walked the streets of Senegal, you won’t have missed these moreishly nutty biscuits.

So simple, yet so delicious, these biscuits don’t take long to make. Plus if you’re a peanut butter fan, you’ll go nuts for how, well, peanutty they are. With a light sprinkling of sea salt, they’re the perfect, not-too-sweet accompaniment to your afternoon espresso.

Super Simple Cinq Centimes

Makes: 25 – 30 cookies

Prep time: 25 mins

Total time: 45 mins (plus cooling time)

Difficulty level: Easy

225g unsalted butter

225g caster sugar

1 egg

1 tsp baking powder

330g plain flour

5/ 6 tbsp peanut butter (we love Manilife)

1 pack chocolate covered peanuts

Flaky sea salt (optional garnish)

Method

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 180ºC (or 200ºC fan)

Step 2: In a mixing bowl, whip your sugar and butter together until fluffy and pale in colour. When you rub a bit between your fingers, it should feel smooth without any sugar crystals left.

Step 3: Beat in your egg until well combined. Add the flour and baking powder, and stir until it all comes together into a firm ball.

Step 4: Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.

Step 5: Roll out your dough until it’s about 1cm thick. You can split the dough into batches to make it easier to manage. Cut the dough into circles using a cookie cutter, then add the cookies to your lined baking trays and cook for 8-10 minutes.

Step 6: Once they’re done, add your cookies to a cooling rack and wait until completely cool before decorating.

Step 7: Spread an even swirl of peanut butter onto each of the cookies cookies before pushing 5-6 chocolate peanuts on the top. Repeat with all the remaining cookies.

Top tip: Traditionally, these Senegalese biscuits are topped with plain peanuts and not the chocolate coated ones so feel free to swap to plain if you prefer.

Step 8: Garnish with an optional sprinkle of flaky sea salt to bring out the sweet, nutty flavour.

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