Peanut Butter Cookies from the Forties recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup peanut butter
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt

Nutrition Info

51.9 calories
carbohydrate: 4.5 g
cholesterol: 9 mg
fat: 3.4 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 1.2 g
saturatedFat: 1.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 63.4 mg
sugar: 1.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, cream together the peanut butter, butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg. the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt, stir into the peanut butter mixture. Cover dough and chill for at least one hour.

  2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Roll the dough into walnut sized balls. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet.

  3. Flatten balls with a fork. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe Yield

4 dozen

Recipe Note

These are from the war era and are very easy to assemble. I do it in my mixer. My Mom would make these when we came home from school and they were always good with a big glass of milk.

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