Perfect Peanut Butter
Molasses Cookies
Ingredients
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon soda
2 tablespoons milk
Chopped peanuts
Directions
Cream shortening and peanut butter together. Add sugar
and then molasses and vanilla, mixing well. Add egg.
Mix and sift dry ingredients together. Add to molasses
mixture. Add milk. Add chopped peanuts. Mix well.
Drop on greased cookie sheet. Flatten with
bottom of a glass covered with a damp cloth.
Bake in a moderately hot oven (375 F)
about 10 minutes.
Yield: About 50 cookies
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