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Peanut Butter Cookies

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Peanut Butter Cookies
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Prep Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 12 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cups flour, sift or stir before measuring
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg

Preparation:

Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Cream shortening, peanut butter, and sugars; beat in vanilla and egg. Stir in flour mixture, blending well. Shape mixture into 3/4-inch balls; place on greased baking sheets. Flatten each cookie with the tines of a fork; dip fork in flour periodically to keep it from sticking to the peanut butter cookie dough.
Bake peanut butter cookies at 375° for about 10 to 12 minutes.

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User Reviews

 5 out of 5
Peanut Butter Cookies, Member auntiedebba

I read so many bad reviews while waiting for my cookies to bake... I have to admit I was very upset by the time my timer went off. I am so glad I didn't read these reviews first. My cookies were perfect. The texture was good, they browned evenly and slid off the pan after about 1 minute. I rolled the balls in sugar first and sprinkled them before baking. I followed the directions except for replacing shortening with butter. I do use Domino sugar and Jiff because I had a bad experience with the super fine cheaper sugars and a different brand of peanut butter in another recipe. I also very lightly greased the pan with Crisco. Sometimes it is worth the extra money for these quality ingredients. I will definitely recommend this recipe to everyone.

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