Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk, vanilla and egg in large bowl.
• 2 beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well-blended.
• 3 combine flour, salt and baking soda.
• 4 add to creamed mixture at low speed.
• 5 mix just until blended.
• 6 drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with lines of fork.
• 7 bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 8 minutes, or until set and just beginning to brown.
• 8 cool 2 minutes on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack.