Arkansas Traveler Cookies

By á-48098

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups flour, sifted
• 1 cup chopped dates or nuts
• 1 teas. vanilla
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 2 teas. baking powder

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter, add vanilla. Add sugars gradually, creaming well. Beat in eggs mixing thoroughly, add peanut butter.

Sift together flour and baking powder, then stir into the creamed mixture. Add dates or nuts. Roll into small balls and place on a greased cookie sheet, flatten with the tines of a fork that has been dipped in water.

Bake at 375* for 10 - 15 minutes.