Ground pork peanut butter cookies
60 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | pounds | Ground pork |
| 1 | cup | Lard |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | Brown sugar |
| 2 | Eggs; well beaten | |
| 3 | cups | Flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Soda |
| ½ | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ½ | cup | Peanut butter |
| ½ | cup | Nuts |
| ½ | cup | Orange rind; shredded |
Directions
LISA CRAWLEY TSPN00B
Brown ground pork; drain. Cream lard, white sugar, brown sugar and eggs. Add flour, soda, cinnamon. Blend in peanut butter, nuts and shredded orange rind. Stir in ground pork. Shape into small balls on greased cookie sheet. Press down with fork dipped in sugar. Bake at 350 for 10 min. Makes 5 doz. cookies. Keep refrigerated. FROM THE HEART OF IOWA COOKBOOK, Lisa Crawley/Cedar Rapids