->Peanut Butter 09 <-

2 3/4 lbs. quick or old fashioned oatmeal, uncooked

7 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp. baking soda

3 3/4 cups unsalted butter, softened

5 cups peanut butter

7 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed

1 2/3 cups water

5 eggs

1 Tbs. plus 2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl. Beat together butter and next 2 ingredients in another bowl until light and fluffy. Blend

in water, egg and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Chill

1 hour. Preheat oven to

350F. Shape dough to form

inch balls. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten with

tines of a fork dipped in granulated sugar to form a crisscross

9-10 minutes or until edges are golden. Cool

1 minute

on cookie sheet and remove to wire cooling rack. Makes about 7

dozen cookies.

This recipe serves 120 people. Because this recipe is for a particular

size pan, it adjusts the number of servings only in multiples of

24. The instructions describe how to prepare the ingredients for one pan. There are enough ingredients to prepare 5 pans.