Peanut-Butter Cookies

American Food, 1975

1 hour — 6 dozen

Ingredients

1	cup	peanut butter
1⁄4	pound	butter
2	teaspoon	vanilla extract
1⁄2	cup	light brown sugar
1	cup	honey
2		eggs
2 1⁄2	cup	flour
1	teaspoon	baking soda
1	cup	peanuts (finely chopped)

Instructions

Heat oven to 375°F.

Cream together peanut butter and butter; add vanilla. Beat in sugar and honey, then stir in eggs, one at a time; beat until batter is smooth and light. Sift flour and baking soda and stir into batter, then finally fold in chopped nuts. Scoop up batter with a dessert spoon and drop onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Press down with the flat of a fork to smooth the top of each melt, making cookies about 1/3 inch in height. Bake for 12 minutes.