Name: Peanut Dollies
Ingredients: 8 peanuts; strong thread; paint (black or gilt); various materials for dressing (cap, turban, dress, apron)

Peanut Dollies

Ingredients

8 peanuts
strong thread
paint (black or gilt)
various materials for dressing (cap, turban, dress, apron)

Directions

Select 8 peanuts of similar size.
Paint eyes, nose, and mouth on one peanut for the head.
Glue curled hair on the top and back of the head peanut.
Sew another peanut to the lower end of the head for the body using strong thread.
Attach arms to the upper part of the body and peanuts for thighs to the lower part, one on each side.
Paint shoes on the remaining peanuts and attach them to the lower ends of the thighs.
Dress the dolls in various ways as desired.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.