Crites Family Stuff

Description

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 for 18 servings

• .667 cup real butter
• .5 cup sugar
• .667 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1.5 tsp vanilla
• .75 tsp soda
• .25 tsp salt
• 1.5 cups flour
• 1.5 cups oatmeal
• .5 cup peanut butter

Frosting:

• 1 lb powdered sugar
• .5 cup cocoa
• .25 tsp salt
• .33 cup real butter
• 6 tbsp boiling water
• 1 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.

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