Peanut Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• Y4 teaspoon salt
• 14 cup sugar
• ¥% cup flour
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Y% cup finely chopped peanuts
• 4% teaspoon lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter, add sugar and egg.

2. 2

   Mix and sift baking powder, salt, and flour; add to first mixture; then add milk, peanuts, and lemon juice.

3. 3

   Drop from teaspoon on buttered cooky sheet 1 inch apart and place half a peanut on top of each.

4. 4

   Bake 12 to 15 minutes in moderately slow oven (325° F.).

As published

This recipe was extracted from Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 288. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PEANUT COOKIES 2 tablespoons butter Y4 teaspoon salt 14 cup sugar ¥% cup flour 1 egg, well beaten 2 teaspoons milk 1 teaspoon baking powder Y% cup finely chopped peanuts 4% teaspoon lemon juice

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