Preheat oven to 350 F. In large mixing bowl, cream brown sugar and margarine with electric mixer. Beat for 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and cream until smooth consistency. Combine dry ingredients and add to mixture. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in soybeans and chocolate chips. Chill batter, if desired.

Spray baking sheets with non-stick vegetable coating. Drop cookie batter onto sheets with a teaspoon. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Makes approximately 10 dozen soft cookies.

Nutritional Analysis-1 cookie: Calories 92

Fat 2.5g

Saturated fat 0.3g

Carbohydrate 11g

Protein 1.4g

Cholesterol 7mg

Sodium 74mg

This recipe was one of Henry Ford's favorite snacks. The recipe was found in Cooking For Henry, a cookbook by Henry Ford's personal party chef, Jan Willemse. In 1934, Mr. Ford requested Willemse experiment in cooking with soybeans, and the cookbook has an entire chapter dedicated to soybean recipes.

Ford was a strong supporter of soybeans and saw the possibility for the use of soybeans in food, milk, ice cream, paint, plastics, and many other things before 1930. In Ford's fast-growing automobile industry, and since, the soybean played a large part in the manufacturing of commercial products.

Reprinted with permission from the Indiana Soybean Development Council. Meal-Master format by Karen Mintzias