My family is completely, 100% entirely, and unashamedly addicted to peanut butter. There I've said it. And it feels good to admit! Phew. I mean seriously. We devour at least 3 large tubs of the creamy goodness every week. It's peanut butter though, right?!?! It's HEALTHY!!! So I feel no tinge of guilt for the recipe I'm about to share. Just remember, peanut butter is healthy. Just repeat it to yourself like I do and I can guarantee that you will eventually feel better. That feeling may or may not be directly linked to the DELICIOUS and FANTASTIC praises your taste-buds will be singing to the peanut butter fairy after the first bite of one of these cookies!
We make these cookies ALL THE TIME!
Our house smells wonderful. <--one of the most appealing reasons for taking up baking!
Peanut Butter Cookies
½ cup shortening
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg
1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
¾ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
(OPT: throwing in a good 1/2 cup of chocolate chips never hurt anybody!!)
Mix shortening, sugars, peanut butter and egg. Blend thoroughly. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients (flour, b.powder, b.soda, salt). Stir Flower mixture and shortening mixture together.
Preheat oven to 375deg. Roll dough into 1 ¼” balls set 3” apart. Flatten criss-cross style with fork (dipped in flour). Sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Bake: 10-12 minutes.
It should clue you in to how utterly addicted we are when I tell you that we ALWAYS triple this recipe!
~ Molly Marie
PS: I've been trying to get more professional looking photos. It's difficult. I don't have a great camera and it's hard to snap a picture before munches and crunches leave none of the subject left...what? I don't know what you're talking about! ...I never contribute to the cookie theft...
