Ingredients:

• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup peanut butter
• ¼ cup butter (unsalted or don't add the ¼ tsp. salt)
• 1¼ cup flour
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup shortening
• 1 egg
• ¾ tsp. baking soda
• ¼ tsp. salt

Preparation:

Mix sugars, peanut butter, butter, shortening and egg. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours. Heat oven to 375ºF/180ºC. Shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with fork. Bake until light brown 8-10 minutes. Make 3 dozen.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. butter ( soft )
• 1 lb.. brown sugar
• 1 qt. vanilla ice cream
• Dark Rum
• 1 lb. (2 -1/2 cups) sugar
• 1 t.. cinnamon
• 1 t. nutmeg
• 1 t. vanilla extract (optional)
• Boiling Water

Preparation :

Cream butter and sugars by hand or mixer; do not worry about a few lumps of butter. Let ice cream soften a bit. Add ice cream and spices to butter mixture. Freeze until ready to use. For each individual serving : put one very generous (or to taste) T of mix in mug with 1 oz. of rum. Fill with boiling water and stir. Store unused mix in freezer.