Peanut Butter Yo Yo's

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 32
• 1/4 cup shortening, room temp
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1 1/4 cups flour (see note below)
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup jelly or 1/2 cup jam, for filling (see description for suggestions)

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, add the shortening, butter or margarine, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and egg, and mix thoroughly.
• 2 blend in well all the remaining ingredients, except the jam.
• 3 cover and chill at least 6 hours, or overnight.
• 4 preheat oven to 375; lightly grease baking sheets.
• 5 shape the dough into 3/4" balls and place about 2" apart on a the prepared baking sheet.
• 6 bake for about 10 minutes, or until set but not hard.
• 7 remove from oven, let sit for about a minute, then remove to a rack to cool.
• 8 when cool, put the cookies together in pairs with the jelly to make sandwich cookies.
• 9 makes about 4 1/2 dozen cookies.
• 10 note: if using self-rising flour, omit the baking soda, baking powder& salt.
• 11 make about 64 cookies, or 32 sandwich cookies.