Same ol' Peanut Butter Cookies
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Ingredients
  • ½ cup shorting
  • ½ cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar-packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups sifted flour
  • 1 t. baking powder
  • 1 & ½ teaspoon soda
Instructions
  1. Mix shortening, peanut butter, sugars, and eggs thoroughly.
  2. Sift rest of ingredients together.
  3. Mix with shortening/peanut butter…
  4. Chill dough completely - 3 hours.
  5. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
  6. Roll dough into balls size of a walnut.
  7. Place 3 inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheet.
  8. Flatten with fork dipped in flour, crisscross.
  9. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost set.
  10. Remove from oven just before browning begins.
  11. Let finish baking on cookie sheet for 10 minutes.
  12. Makes 40 - 2 & ½ inch cookies.
  13. For a dainty cookie make dough balls of 0.6 ounces.
  14. I often make 0.8 ounce balls for 52 cookies. Bake for about 11 minutes.
Recipe by Hopelessly Hopeful at http://www.hopelessly-hopeful.com/2018/09/03/same-ol-peanut-butter-cookies/