Recipe - Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies

One half cup Crisco shortening
Three fourths cup Jif creamy peanut butter
1 One fourth cup Light brown sugar; firmly
packed
3 tablespoon Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 Egg
1 Three fourths cup Flour; allpurpose
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
Three fourths teaspoon Baking soda

1. Heat oven to 375o F. Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling
cookies.

2. Combine shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in
large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Add
egg. Beat just until blended.

3. Combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture at low
speed. Mix just until blended.

4. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
Flatten slighty in crisscross pattern with tines of fork.

5. Bake at 375oF for 7 to 8 minutes, or until set and just beginning to
brown. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to
foil to cool completely.

Recipe by: Crisco Company

Posted to EATL Digest by "Iris E. Dunaway" hister@JUNO.COM on Dec 21,
1997