Happy Peanut Brittle Day! Here's a 1953 ad from French's for the $1,000 Peanut Brittle Cookies Recipe.
"Fill your cookie jar today with these really different, prize-winning cookies made with French’s pure vanilla and fresh-ground cinnamon. Best of Class Winner in Pillsbury’s Bake-Off!
$1000 PEANUT BRITTLE COOKIES
Ingredients:
1 cup sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter or other shortening
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly-packed
3 tablespoons beaten egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup salted peanuts
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter or other shortening
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly-packed
3 tablespoons beaten egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup salted peanuts
Directions:
Sift together flour, soda, cinnamon.
Cream butter, add sugar gradually, creaming well.
Add 2 tablespoons of egg and vanilla.
Beat well.
Blend in dry ingredients and 1/2 cup peanuts, finely-chopped.
Mix thoroughly.
Spread or pat dough on a greased baking sheet to a 14- by 10-inch rectangle.
Brush with remaining egg.
Sprinkle on 1/2 cup peanuts.
Bake in slow oven (325 F) for 20 to 25 minutes. Do not overbake.
Cut or break into pieces while warm.
Cream butter, add sugar gradually, creaming well.
Add 2 tablespoons of egg and vanilla.
Beat well.
Blend in dry ingredients and 1/2 cup peanuts, finely-chopped.
Mix thoroughly.
Spread or pat dough on a greased baking sheet to a 14- by 10-inch rectangle.
Brush with remaining egg.
Sprinkle on 1/2 cup peanuts.
Bake in slow oven (325 F) for 20 to 25 minutes. Do not overbake.
Cut or break into pieces while warm.
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