Thelma and Lowell's Diary: April 10, 1943
She bakes peanut butter cookies; there's a link here with Jackie Robinson
Thelma spent the morning cleaning and baking peanut butter cookies, but she didn’t feel well after that and spent the rest of the day lying down.
With all the rationing going on, housewives had to be inventive when it came to baking. For a Depression-era peanut butter cookie recipe that omits the flour and to find out what Jackie Robinson had to do with it, read on, but only if you are a paid subscriber. It costs just 16 cents a day to get the full Thelma and Lowell’s Diary experience. I know some of you read it every day for free. Find out what you’re missing!
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