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Holiday Peanut Butter Cookies (Old Fashioned Recipe)

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A vintage peanut butter cookie recipe made with peanut butter, brown sugar, white sugar, lard, egg, flour, and soda. The dough is rolled into small balls, pressed with a fork, and baked until set.
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Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings: 50 small cookies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup Armour’s Star Peanut Butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 cup Star Lard
  • 1 Cloverbloom Egg
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 cup flour unsifted

Equipment

Mixing Bowl
Mixing Bowl
Baking Sheet
Baking Sheet
Fork
Fork

Method
 

  1. Cream together the peanut butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and lard.
  2. Add the egg and mix until combined.
  3. Sift the flour and soda together, then add them to the peanut butter mixture.
  4. Roll about 1/2 teaspoon of dough in your hand to form a small ball.
  5. Place the dough balls on a baking sheet and press each cookie flat with a fork.
  6. Bake at 350°F for 10–12 minutes.
  7. Let the cookies cool before serving.

Notes

The original recipe specifically calls for lard rather than butter or shortening.
The cookies are intentionally small, using about 1/2 teaspoon of dough per cookie, and the full batch makes approximately 50–60 cookies.
The original ingredient names, including Armour’s Star Peanut Butter, Star Lard, and Cloverbloom Egg, are preserved here as part of the vintage recipe.

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