Salted Peanut Cookies

 Ingredients:

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

1 cup Crisco

 2 cups of flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda (dissolve in a few drops of water)

1 cup salted peanuts

1 cup oatmeal

1 cup cornflakes

2 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

Directions:

Cream together sugars, shortening, eggs and vanilla until very smooth. Add dissolved soda, flour and baking powder. Add cornflakes and oatmeal. Stir peanuts in with a spoon. Drop by tablespoon and bake for 12 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

Grandma's Notes: This is a recipe from Grandma Beulah Bandstra. These were almost always in the house at Grandma's and everyone liked them. Aunt Delores still makes them especially for Sharon. As you can see the recipe was submitted by Uncle John Bandstra for the Leighton CRC Cookbook.