Cracker Jills

3 oz. soft cream cheese 
½ cup butter, softened
¼ cup molasses
1 egg or equivalent egg replacer product
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ¼ cups firmly packed brown sugar
½ tsp. baking soda

1 cup salted redskin peanuts
1-1 ½ cups coarsely crushed saltine crackers
about ½- ¾ cup sugar


Combine the first four ingredients in a food processor or mixer until well blended.
Mix the flour, brown sugar and baking soda together in a separate bowl, then add to the wet ingredients.
Add the peanuts & crackers and fold into dough by hand.
Cover and chill for about 2 hours.
Place sugar in a bowl. Shape dough into small balls using a rounded teaspoonful of dough for each. Roll in sugar and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes. 

Lee Ann Reiners