peanut butter cookies

Name: Peanut Butter Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 stick(s) crisco (1 cup); 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 cup(s) brown sugar, firmly packed; 2 - eggs; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 1 cup(s) peanut butter; 3 cup(s) all purpose flour; 2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt

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Carol Davis

Silver City, NM

Updated on Jan 19, 2014

This recipe came to me from my Mom, which came to her from her Grandmother. So it's been around awhile. I bake them the minimum 8 minutes, as I like them a little chewy. **Edited 4/1/2020. It should be 3 cups flour, not two!**

Rate

prep time 20 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield Lots

Ingredients

1 stick crisco (1 cup)
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 - eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup peanut butter
3 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

How To Make peanut butter cookies

Step 1

Cream together shortening and sugars until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Mix in vanilla well. Fold in peanut butter and blend well.

Step 2

Sift together dry ingredients. Add to batter 1/2 cup at a time mixing well after each.
Step 3

Drop by teaspoon fulls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Dip a fork in a small dish of flour and press criss cross fashion on top of cookies. Bake at 325 for 8-12 minutes depending on desired moistness or crunchiness.
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