If you love peanuts and think every day is a day to celebrate the tasty treat, then you will be happy today as it is National Peanut Lovers Day! It is also a great time to share a simple way to turn a favorite recipe into an even better recipe . . . peanut butter toll house cookies!
Yes, all you do is substitute half the butter called for in the Toll House Cookies recipe with an equal amount of peanut butter and you will have the tastiest cookie - a definite family favorite for sure!And, to celebrate this fun day, here are a few fun facts about peanuts - did you know -
- Spending on peanuts - Americans spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter.
- To make a jar of peanut butter it takes about 540 peanuts to produce a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
- Peanut farmers in the White House - Former presidents Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson were peanut farmers.
- A nickname from Congo - Goober — a nickname for peanuts — comes from ‘nguba,’ a Bantu name for ‘peanuts.’
- For the love of peanuts - Americans eat about 800 million pounds of peanut butter (approximately 500 billion peanuts) each year.
So, give the cookies a try and enjoy your own favorite peanut butter recipes . . . it is peanut lovers day!
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