Dad's Favorite Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup crunchy peanut butter
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Directions
step 1: Cream together the shortening, peanut butter and sugars. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into the peanut butter mixture. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least one hour.
step 2: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Make small balls of dough. Flatten with fork dipped in flour to form cross-wise pattern.
step 3: Bake for 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until just set. Remove from baking sheets to cool on wire racks.
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