Peanut Butter Cookies
- Title
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Subject
- brown sugar
- shortening
- white sugar
- peanut butter
- boiling water
- baking soda
- eggs
- flour
- Description
- Peanut Butter Cookies.
1c B. Sugar 1c shortening
1c white Sugar. ½ c. Peanut
Butter
½ c boiling water
1 tsp. soda good
2 eggs - 3c flour.
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# Peanut Butter Cookies
## Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1 tsp soda (baking soda)
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups flour
## Instructions
1. Combine brown sugar, white sugar, shortening, and peanut butter.
2. Add boiling water and mix well.
3. Add baking soda and eggs; stir to combine.
4. Mix in flour until a dough forms.
5. Shape dough into cookies and place on baking sheet.
6. Bake until done. - Creator
- Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka
- Source
- RCA0006 - The Yetka family collection that started the project (eBay)
- Date
- 1950s
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Handwritten recipe card
- Identifier
- RCA0006-20260609-0297
- Coverage
- Oregon, US
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Citation
Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka, “Peanut Butter Cookies,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed October 22, 2026, https://www.recipecardarchive.com/items/show/1680.