Peanut Butter Cookies

Arwilda kept three different recipes with this title.

Blue-binder Double Batch

Blue-binder Double Batch sheet

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Brown sugar
  • 2 cups White sugar
  • 2 cups Peanut Butter
  • 2 cups Butter
  • 4 eggs = Beaten
  • 6 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. Mix: Cream: 2 cups Brown sugar, 2 cups White sugar, 2 cups Peanut Butter, 2 cups Butter, 4 eggs = Beaten
  2. Add mix 6 cups flour, 4 teaspoon Baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt
  3. Mix and shape into 1 inch Balls. Place on greased Cookie sheet (I use parchment Paper). With Fork press down in a criss-cross pattern. Press down lightly.
  4. Bake at 350° degree oven for 12 min.

Timing: 12 min.

Temperature: 350° degree oven

Equipment: greased Cookie sheet; parchment Paper; Fork; oven; #40 scoop

Notes

  • (I use parchment paper)
  • Depends on your oven, Scorch very easily, so watch
  • Use a #40 scoop.

As written

Double Batch

Blue-binder Single

Blue-binder Single sheet

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Brown sugar
  • The dough uses the listed sugar and the shaped balls are also rolled in sugar, with no amount supplied for the coating.
  • 1 cup peanut Butter
  • 1 cup Butter shortening
  • 2 eggs: Beaten
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoon Baking soda
  • pinch of salt

Directions

  1. Cream sugars and Butters
  2. Add eggs mix well.
  3. Add flour, Baking soda & salt mix well, shape in to balls.
  4. Roll in sugar.
  5. Press criss-cross with Fork. press lightly.
  6. Bake at 350° degree oven for 10-12 minutes
  7. I use a #40 scoop. for 12 min.
  8. It depends on your oven.

Timing: for 10-12 minutes; for 12 min.

Temperature: 350° degree oven

Equipment: mixing bowl and utensil, optional #40 scoop, fork, baking sheets, and oven; Fork

Notes

  • I use a #40 scoop; It depends on your oven.

As written

Mix:

Add.

Single

1

A complete handwritten recipe with a crossed-out word after the #40 scoop note.

Arwilda’s changes

  • A word between the scoop note and 'for 12 min.' is crossed out; reading is obscured.

Clear-tote family card

Two-sided Favorite Recipe card

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 eggs (well beaten)
  • 2 teaspoon soda
  • 3 1/4 cups flour
  • pinch of salt

Directions

  1. Mix, shape into balls, place on greased cookie sheet.
  2. press with fork, criss cross style.
  3. Bake at 350 degree for 8-10 minute

Timing: 8-10 minute

Temperature: 350 degree

Equipment: greased cookie sheet; fork

Notes

  • whole family
  • Scorch very easily so watch

Arwilda’s changes

  • Crossed out “flat”
  • Changed “15-20” to “8-10”

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Flour

Two-sided Favorite Recipe card
3 1/4 cups flour
Blue-binder Single sheet
3 cups flour
Blue-binder Double Batch sheet
6 cups flour

Sugar coating

Two-sided Favorite Recipe card
Shape into balls and press with a fork; no sugar coating is stated.
Blue-binder Single sheet
Roll in sugar before pressing criss-cross with a fork.
Blue-binder Double Batch sheet
Press lightly in a criss-cross pattern; no sugar coating is stated.

Bake time

Two-sided Favorite Recipe card
8-10 minutes, replacing 15-20
Blue-binder Single sheet
10-12 minutes; #40 scoop for 12 min.
Blue-binder Double Batch sheet
12 min.

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