Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup Pure Gold peanut butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 well-beaten eggs
• 2 cups pastry flour
• ½ teaspoon Blue Ribbon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• a few drops of Pure Gold vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and peanut butter together.

2. 2

   Blend in sugar, then eggs.

3. 3

   Gradually add flour, baking powder, and salt.

4. 4

   Roll on lightly floured board and shape with a floured cutter.

5. 5

   Bake on lightly greased baking sheet in moderate oven for 12 to 15 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Blue Ribbon and Pure Gold cook book (1905) by Blue Ribbon Manufacturing Company, page 53. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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