PEANUT COOKIES
- 1 cup flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons Dr. Price’s Baking Powder
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 1 cup chopped peanuts
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Sift dry ingredients together. Add melted shortening to beaten egg. Add milk and lemon juice, and mix well with the dry ingredients to make soft dough. Add peanuts; mix well and drop with teaspoon on greased pan. Bake in moderate oven (400°) about 20 minutes. This recipe makes about four dozen small cookies and requires 1 quart of peanuts.
All measurements are level
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