Peanut Butter Dreams

225 g/8 oz polyunsaturated margarine
225 g/8 oz peanut butter
175 g/6 oz Demerara sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon natural vanilla essence
275 g/10 oz oat flour, made by grinding rolled
oats in a food processor or blender
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
/a teaspoon salt
150 g/5 oz peanuts (dry roasted), chopped

Beat together the margarine, peanut butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the egg, followed by the vanilla essence. Combine all the dry ingredients then stir into the peanut butter mixture. Fold in the nuts.

Chill the mixture for about 1 hour, then shape into 2.5 cm/1 inch balls. Place these balls well apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten with the tines of a fork dipped in sugar to form a crisscross pattern.

Bake in a preheated moderate oven (180 °C/ 350 °F, Gas Mark 4) for about 15 minutes or until the edges turn golde