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great grand mothers peanut butter cookies

(3 ratings)
Recipe by
Beverly Dunlap
Muncie, IN

This special Peanut Butter Cookie recipe was given to my Great Grand Mother and passed to my Grand Mother Rose who gave it to my Mother Betty who then gave it to Me Beverly. I am passing it on to my daughter Bonnie then to my loving Grand daughter EMILY. Hopping it will keep traveling through our generations for a long time. Hope you enjoy it as we do.

(3 ratings)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 20 Min

Ingredients For great grand mothers peanut butter cookies

  • 3/4 c
    shortening
  • 1 c
    peanut butter
  • 2 c
    granulated sugar
  • 3 lg
    eggs
  • 2 c
    flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt

How To Make great grand mothers peanut butter cookies

  • 1
    Set oven on 350. Prepare well greased cookie sheet.
  • 2
    Cream shortening, add sugar and mix well. Add Peanut butter and mix well again.
  • 3
    Add eggs one at a time beating well between each egg.
  • 4
    Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to first mixture and mix well till stiff dough forms.
  • 5
    Drop by teaspoon fulls onto prepared cookie sheet. Press with flour dipped fork 2 times forming crisscross pattern on tip of cookie.
  • 6
    Bake at 350 degrees about 20 min or till lightly browned on bottom. Move to brown paper lined surface to cool.
  • 7
    Try to get a second batch baked before the first batch disappears. It is quite a challenge around here. Enjoy

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