Recipe: Macaroni Alabam' (baked noodles with peanut butter sauce, 1930)

MACARONI ALABAM'

1/2 lb. elbow macaroni, uncooked
2 cups milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp salt, optional
1/4 cup buttered crumbs
1/4 cup chopped salted peanuts

Heat oven to 325 degrees F.

Cook macaroni until tender.

Stir milk slowly into the peanut butter, making a creamy sauce. Add salt if desired. Mix macaroni and sauce.

Bake in a buttered casserole for 1/2 hour.

Sprinkle with buttered crumbs mixed with chopped peanuts.

Brown under broiler.

Makes 4 generous servings
Source: The Jean Rich Cookbook: Macaroni, Spaghetti, Egg Noodles. Indianapolis: National Macaroni Manufacturers Association, c1930.