Peanut Cookies II

Ingredients

 * 2 tablespoons butter
 * ¼ cup Sugar
 * 1 egg
 * 1 teaspoon baking powder
 * ¼ teaspoon salt
 * ½ cup flour
 * 2 teaspoons milk
 * ½ cup finely chopped peanuts
 * ½ teaspoon lemon juice

Directions

 * 1) First, cream the butter, add Sugar, and egg well beaten.
 * 2) Mix and sift baking powder, salt, and flour
 * 3) Add to first mixture
 * 4) Then add milk, peanuts, and lemon juice.
 * 5) Drop from a teaspoon on a buttered sheet one inch apart, and place one-half Peanut on top of each.
 * 6) Bake twelve to fifteen minutes in a slow oven.

This recipe will make twenty-four cookies. One pint peanuts when shelled should yield one-half cup.