Charlie Brown's Banana - Peanut Butter Cookies (1969)

• 1-1/4 cups flour, sifted
• 1/2 tspn baking powder
• 3/4 tspn baking soda
• 1/4 tspn salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup ripe banana, mashed

Sift together the first 4 ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Mix shortening, sugars, and peanut butter until creamy. Add mashed bananas and the flour mixture. 

Blend well. Shape into 2 rolls on a lightly floured board. Wrap in foil and c hill in refrigerator several hours. 

When ready to bake, heat oven to 375 degrees. Slice dough about 1/4-inch thick. Place on ungreased cookie sheet, and bake until golden brown (about 12 minutes).

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Banana Buttermilk Cupcakes (1969)

(Origin - "Peanuts CookBook" cartoons by Charles Schulz, recipes by June Dutton. Published by Cider Mill Press, 1969.)