Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter flavor crisco
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups oatmeal, uncooked (quick or old fashioned)
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 beat first three ingredients until creamy.
• 2 beat in water, egg and vanilla.
• 3 add combined dry ingredients; mix well.
• 4 cover; chill about 2 hours.
• 5 heat oven to 350°f
• 6 shape into 1-inch balls; placing them on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 7 flatten with tines of fork dipped in granulated sugar to form crisscross pattern.
• 8 bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
• 9 cool 1 minute on cookie sheet: remove to wire rack.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 store tightly covered.