The Farmer Family Cookbook

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When Mattson was a little boy, he loved these cookies that were made by lunch ladies for school lunches. He asked for the recipe and they copied it down for the little 2nd grader who loved cooking even then.

Ingredients

• .6670.0370555555556 cup real butter
• .50.0277777777778 cup sugar
• .6670.0370555555556 cup brown sugar
• 20.111111111111 eggs
• 1.50.0833333333333 tsp vanilla
• .750.0416666666667 tsp soda
• .250.0138888888889 tsp salt
• 1.50.0833333333333 cups flour
• 1.50.0833333333333 cups oatmeal
• .50.0277777777778 cup peanut butter

Frosting:

• 10.0555555555556 lb powdered sugar
• .50.0277777777778 cup cocoa
• .250.0138888888889 tsp salt
• .330.0183333333333 cup real butter
• 60.333333333333 tbsp boiling water
• 10.0555555555556 tsp vanilla

Steps

1. Cream butter, sugar and eggs. Add peanut butter. Beat until fluffy. Add spices and flour and oatmeal. Spread on a jelly roll pan. Bake at 325F for 10 minutes. Do not overcook. COOL. Spread a thin layer of peanut butter on top. Then spread with chocolate frosting made by beating together powdered sugar, cocoa, salt, vanilla, butter and boiling water.