Lets Make Some Cookies 1956 Recipe From General Foods Day 5 Peanut Butter

I love Peanut Butter Cookies.. Here is recipe using cereal as one of the ingredients

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 1/2 cups of sifted flour
1/2 tsp of salt
1 tsp of soda
1/4 cup of butter or other shortening
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup of peanut butter
2 T of milk
1 tsp of vanilla
2 cups of Post Sugar Crisp

Or us Grape Nut Flakes, Post Toasties or 40 % Bran


Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt and sift again.  Cream shortening, add sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy.  Add egg and beat well.  Stir in peanut butter until mixture is well blended.  Add flour, alternately with milk, mixing thoroughly.  Blend in vanilla.  For each cooky, shape 1 tsp of dough into ball.  Roll each ball in cereal.  Place cookies about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheet.  Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 10 to 12 minutes.  Makes 48 cookies.