Peanut Butter Cookies!!!

My kids were begging for homemade cookies last night!

Since we've clearly run out of oatmeal,

and apparently I haven't bought more,

Peanut Butter Cookies won out!

Here we go ... Heat oven to 375°

Mix 1/2 C Sugar, 1/2 C Packed Brown Sugar,

1/2 C Peanut Butter, 1/4 C Shortening,

1/4 C Butter (softened)

and 1 large egg in an electric mixer

   

Next, add dry ingredients:

1 1/4 C Flour, 3/4 t Baking Soda,

1/2 t Baking Powder, and 1/4 t Salt

Mix until it looks like this:

 

Next, put a few tablespoons of granulated sugar on a plate.

I didn't want to use the criss-cross fork method, so

we brainstormed and Brady brought this in from the bar:

Here's where size really does matter:

scoop out the batter and roll into 1 1/2" balls.

We ended up with about two dozen pretty good-sized cookies;

smaller balls could have doubled our end result.

Dip the glass (or the fork) into the sugar,

and press into each ball of dough.

Bake each pan for nine minutes; immediately

remove from baking sheet to cooling rack.

These were so good, we only had a half dozen left

this morning when I checked!

Freshly showered after a cross-country run ... and starving!

Yummers!