blue ribbon peanut butter cookies

peanut butter cookies

by Marjori Johnson

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tbls vanilla

3 tbls milk

1 egg

1 3/4 cups all purp. flour

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 tsp baking soda

in a stand mixer, cream shortening, peanut butter, sugar & vanilla for 5 mintues on medium speed, until creamy. add milk & egg, scraping down the sides and blend 1 minute more. Combine flour, salt & soda in a seperate bowl. Add into peanut mixture slowly to mix. Chill in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.

Make 1 inch balls and place 2 inches apart on a ungreased cookie sheet. Press down with a fork in one direction, then again in the other to make the standard crisscross pattern.

Bake 10 - 12 minutes in a preheated oven at 375*

yeilds - 48 cookies

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