Peanut Butter Cookies - Barbara B.

I am a great fan of Peanut Butter Cookies and these were OK but they lacked flavor and were quite crumbly.  I had to add extra cream and they still were crumbly after being baked.    I added Peanut Butter Chips in hopes they would have a little better flavor and it helped.  I also sprinkled a little granulated sugar on top because some recipes call for it.  There appeared a lot of fat ingredients compared to dry ingredients.  On regular cookies you have about 1/3 as much fat as flour.  (2 fat to 6 flour).  Peanut Butter cookies are usually higher in fat, but this was more like equal fats to a little extra flour.   The instructions were very simple so I mixed them together the traditional cookie way.  I have changed the instruction just a little bit.  With all that said they were OK.

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES - Barbara B.

1 C  Peanut Butter                                                           3 Tbs. Cream
1 C  Shortening                                                                1 tsp. Vanilla
1 C  Brown Sugar                                                            1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 Egg                                                                               2 1/2 C. Flour
                        
Cream Shortening, Peanut Butter and Brown Sugar.  Add egg, cream and vanilla, mix well.  Sift dry ingredients and mix into creamed mixture.  Roll into balls or drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet and GENTLY press dough with a fork in opposite directions to create a grid on the top of each cookie.       Bake at 350o for 10-12 min.