Read this one with the card open. Something on it is illegible, missing or ambiguous. It is transcribed exactly as written — nothing has been guessed or filled in — and every uncertainty is marked below.
Summary
A two-sided collectible recipe card from the "Great American Recipes" series ("Grandma's Cookies" set) for peanut butter oat-bran cookies — a conventional oven method on the front, a microwave bar variation on the back.
Ingredients
Oven version (front, makes 7 dozen cookies): - butter or margarine — ⚠ exact quantity partially illegible on the scan - brown sugar — ⚠ exact quantity partially illegible on the scan - granulated sugar — ⚠ exact quantity partially illegible on the scan - vanilla — ⚠ exact quantity partially illegible on the scan - peanut butter (creamy or chunky) - 2 eggs, beaten - 1¾ cups all-purpose flour - 1 cup bran - 3/4 cup rolled oats - 2 tsp baking soda
Microwave version (back, "How to Microwave," makes 32 bars): - 1 cup butter/margarine - 3/4 cup brown sugar - 3/4 cup granulated sugar - 1 tsp vanilla - 1 cup peanut butter - 2 eggs, beaten - 1¼ cups all-purpose flour - 1 cup bran - 3/4 cup rolled oats - 2 tsp baking soda
Method
Oven version: 1. Melt butter; beat with sugars, vanilla, peanut butter, and eggs. 2. Combine flour, bran, oats, and baking soda separately. 3. Stir into the butter mixture. 4. Drop by teaspoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet. 5. Bake at 350°F for 15–18 minutes. 6. Cool on a rack.
Prep time 5–10 min. Baking time 15–18 min. Oven 350°F.
Microwave version ("How to Microwave"): Melt butter in a microwave-safe bowl (about 45 seconds on HIGH, covered with wax paper); beat in sugars, vanilla, peanut butter, and eggs. Combine dry ingredients and stir in. Press half the dough into an 8x8" microwave-safe dish; shield corners with foil. Microwave on HIGH 4–5 minutes, turning a quarter turn 3 times. Cool before cutting into bars. Repeat with second batch.
Microwave setting HIGH 100%. Microwave cooking time 4–5 minutes.
Nutrition per serving (microwave bars): 81 cal, 1.9g protein, 5.2g fat, 7.2g carbohydrates, 78mg sodium; %USRDA protein 2.9%, calcium 1.2%, iron 2.3%, vitamin A 2.4%, vitamin C 0.0%.
Notes on the artifact
Great American Recipes series card, "Grandma's Cookies" set, Card 6, Group 16. Marked "SAMPLE." Copyright © MCMLXXXVIII (1988), printed in U.S.A. Item code on back: 221 708 110. The oven-version ingredient quantities for butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla are partially cut off/illegible in the scan; the microwave-version quantities for the same ingredients are fully legible and are used above as the best available reference for approximate amounts, but the oven-version card itself does not state them clearly. No personal annotations, dates of use, or family notes appear on the card.
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