Peanut Butter Cookies
Way back in the 80’s I owned a bakery with my aunt. These are the Peanut Butter Cookies we used to sell then. They are soft and chewy with a good peanut butter flavor.
I am usually not one to use margarine anymore but in these cookies I find it works best. We always used Imperial margarine so I’m not sure if it would make a difference or not if you used another brand. I think the margarine is what helps besides the use of both brown and white sugar that gives these cookies their great texture.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Author: Mary Ellen @ Recipes Food and Cooking
Recipe type: cookies, dessert
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Serves: Makes 16
Big, soft chewy peanut butter cookies that I used to sell when I owned a bakery.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup Imperial margarine
- 1/2 peanut butter
- 1/2 cup sugar - I use Imperial or Dixie Crystals
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup white sugar for pressing the cookies with a fork
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease or spray 2 cookie sheets.
- Cream together the shortening and margarine. Add the sugars and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add the peanut butter and beat well.
- Add the egg and beat well.
- Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Combine well.
- Use a medium scoop and roll the cookie dough into a ball.
- Dip a fork into sugar and make a criss cross pattern on the top of the cookies.
- Bake for 10 - 12 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
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