Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

Breakfast Food Cookies

Cookies don't last long at our house.  They are the first thing attacked in the morning (Butterfly tries to convince me that they are legitimate breakfast food even though she knows I'll insist that she eat a real breakfast), and the final snack of the evening. Yes, I do cook nutritious meals; the family snacksters just like homemade cookies.

This recipe makes the best peanut butter cookies that I've found so far. The recipe below is doubled from the original recipe so that we have enough cookies to last for several days, otherwise, the cookie bandits consume them within a day or two and I have to bake again. If you want a smaller batch, just divide the recipe in half.

Note to Hanai Big Sister: Your favorite cookies are at my house. You should drop by...

Peanut Butter Cookies

Makes 6 dozen cookies

½ cup shortening

½ cup butter (1 stick), softened

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup brown sugar (packed)

2 egg

2½ cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1½ teaspoons soda

½ teaspoon salt

Mix shortening, butter, peanut butter, sugars, and egg thoroughly. Blend all dry ingredients; stir into shortening mixture.  Chill dough.

Heat oven to 375°F. Roll dough in 1¼” balls.  Place 3” apart on lightly greased baking sheet.  Flatten crisscross style with fork dipped in flour.  Bake 10 to 12 minutes.  Makes about 6 dozen 2½” cookies.