I loved these cookies as a young girl, enjoying them fresh in my mother’s kitchen. One of my all-time favorite cookies. Why are they called “fingers”? I don’t know. I do know that Mother always cut these into rectangles rather than squares. Maybe that made them finger-like.

Peanut Butter Fingers

• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1 12-ounce package chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup canned milk (you can use fresh milk if you wish; in the 1950s, canned milk was quite common)

Cream the margarine and add the white and brown sugars, mixing well. Blend in the egg,  1/3 cup peanut butter, and vanilla. Stir together the baking soda, salt, flour, and oatmeal, then add to the blended mixture.

Spread in a greased 13″x9″ pan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Sprinkle the baked cookies with the chocolate chips and let stand for 5 minutes, until the chips melt. Then, spread the melted chocolate chips evenly over the cookies.

Combine the powdered sugar, 1/4 cup peanut butter, and milk. Drizzle this peanut butter mixture over the melted chocolate. Cool.

Please refer to my Cookie Recipe Basics to make sure your cookies turn out!
Read the introduction to my 1990s cooking blog for background information.