While not strictly a “historical” recipe, these delicious cookies are sure to delight a Texas-sized crowd and are a yummy treat to share at holiday cookie exchanges. I can imagine Robbie, my heroine’s nine-year-old son, would have loved munching on one during lunchtime!
Ingredients
• 1 c. butter or shortening, softened
• 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
• 3/4 c. granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup Quaker oats (quick or old fashioned)
Instructions:
Beat shortening and sugars together until creamy. Add eggs and peanut butter; beat well. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats. Shape dough to form 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. With tines of fork press to make criss-crosses on each. Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 8 to 10 minutes, then cool and serve to your horde of hungry cowboys!
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I'm going to make apricot bars for Christmas.
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Sounds delightful!
DeleteOur favorite cookie for Christmas is snowballs! They are dangerous though, so easy to pop in your mouth!
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I made snowballs this year too. They are kind of a tradition at our house and so yummy!
DeleteWe like them all! This week we baked sugar cookies and just froze them un-iced so when the grands all gather next week they can have fun icing and decorating them Also made Russian tea cakes and oatmeal cookies w/ craisins (I didn't have raisins) and white chocolate chips (figured they would go better w/ the craisins than chocolate chips) We also made our marshmallow fudge over the weekend. So we are well on our way into our cookie stash! Thank you for the post and the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWow! You've been doing a ton of baking! Those grandkids are sure going to be spoiled when they visit. Hopefully, your enjoying the treats too! :)
DeleteWe love to bake all kinds of cookies! However, I think my favorite to bake with my kids are sugar and and gingerbread cookies. I love to sit and decorate the cookies with them. It's always a wonderful time baking with my kids. Good memories to have! :)
ReplyDeleteI've never made gingerbread cookies for Christmas, but have always wanted to try them. A friend of mine decorated some and they were so pretty!
DeleteI have not made any holiday cookies yet, but I always enjoy making sugar cookie cut outs with my kids.
ReplyDeleteI just made sugar cookies this week for my sisters Bible study group to decorate. They always turn out so pretty! :)
DeleteI really want to make these cookies but can't, I am out of peanut butter! It is my main food source. How can I be out? It's too cold to go to the store today. So far this year, I've only made some sugar free chocolate chip cookies for hubby. I tried making a banana bread type cookie, I didn't like them. With just the two of us in the house now, I don't do much baking anymore.
ReplyDeleteWow! I can't imagine being out of peanut butter. Of course, here in Michigan its been so cold that things have to pretty desperate to warrant going to the store. LOL!
DeletePeanut butter cookies are one of my favorites. I rarely get them, though, since my husband doesn't care for peanut butter. Our church will have a cookie table at the Christmas Eve services we're holding. Some of the wonderful bakers in our congregation are sure to have made peanut butter cookies. Guess who will be there to enjoy them?
ReplyDeleteWell, if he doesn't like them then there will be more for you! Sometimes I wish my family members disliked the cookies more. So then they would linger longer in the freezer. :)
DeletePeanut butter blossoms. Another of my grandmother's cherished recipes.
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Those sound delicious! I love family recipes!!
DeleteI'll be making candy cane cookies on Saturday with my darling daughter! :)
ReplyDeleteThose sound wondeful! Its always fun to do baking with family, and listen to Christmas music while doing it. :)
DeleteDecorating sugar cookies with my grandson! The best!! rw620 AT aol DOT com
ReplyDeleteSounds like alot of fun!
DeleteMy dad loves peanut butter cookies, I am going to have to make these and take them over to him soon.
ReplyDeleteI was just grocery shopping last night and bought some molasses to make molasses cookies, for some reason I've been wanting
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I hope you enjoy the recipe! They're sure to be a hit!
DeleteI baked these last night, they were a hit with my husband! Taking some to my dad today.
DeleteMe and my siblings make chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies. And I love the romance collection series.
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DeleteI made oatmeal raisin and almond cookies for the first time. They were delicious! I also like to make chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter also. Thanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeleteAlmond cookies sound very elegant. Sounds like something that would be served at a garden party. :)
DeleteI'll make cookies this weekend. Cranberry Bliss, sugar cookies, thumbprints, candy canes, etc
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I made thumbprint cookies and they are so cute. I don't think there are very many left though. :)
DeleteOh yum!! We made sugar cookies today and they were fun to decorate!
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