Chocolate - peanut cookies

5 dozen

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupButter / margarine; softened
cupSugar
2eachesEggs
2teaspoonsVanilla extract
2cupsAll-purpose flour
cupCocoa
¾teaspoonBaking soda
½teaspoonSalt
1cupFinely chopped peanuts

Directions

Cream butter; gradually add the sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Stir in eggs and vanilla.

Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture, beating well. Stir in the chopped peanuts.

Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 to 14 minutes. Cool cookies on wire racks.

Yield: about 5-½ dozen

Frmo Rhonda Cox of Oklahoma in October, 1983"Southern Living" Typos by Jeff Pruett

Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 10-12-95