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"Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite."--Ruth Reichl

Mom and Dad's Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg

1 1/4 cup all-purpose flower
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Directions:
Directions:
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease cookie sheets.

Mix thoroughly shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, and egg.

Blend in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls; place 3 inches apart on cookie sheets.

Flatten with floured fork in crisscross pattern
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
3 dozen
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
10 - 12 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mom and Dad made these peanut butter cookies every year for Christmas.
They were stored in a tin and hidden from all the Thompson family cookie lovers.

 

 

 

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