Mom's Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 31 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening (i just used more butter)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup quick oats
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 1/2 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients (make sure you add the flour at the end).
• 2 preheat oven to 350.
• 3 line your cookie sheet with parchment paper. (i skipped this step and found it really wasn't necessary. the cookies are buttery enough they come off cleanly from the pan.).
• 4 using a cookie scoop, any size you like, gently press down on the cookies to make criss cross marks. make sure you push them down slightly because they won't spread as much on their own.
• 5 bake for 11 to 13 minutes.
• 6 remove and put on a cooling rack.