1 cup sifted enriched flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon double-acting _or_ 1½ teaspoons cream of tartar baking
powder
½ cup shortening
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup sugar
½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
Heat oven to 375° F. (moderate). Sift together first four ingredients.
Cream shortening, peanut butter, and sugar. Add molasses and vanilla.
Beat in egg. Add milk. Stir in flour mixture. Drop onto greased cooky
sheets. Flatten cookies ⅛ inch thick by stamping with bottom of glass
covered with damp cloth. Bake 10 minutes or until cookies have lightly
browned. Cool. Store in tightly closed tin box.
YIELD: 3½ dozen cookies.