This is the recipe that started it all for me. Grandma and I would make these all the time. She got the recipe from her first boyfriend’s mother, so no one really knows how old this recipe is.

Makes 50-60 cookies.

Ingredients

• 1 Cup White Sugar
• 1 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1 Cup Shortening
• 1 Cup Peanut Butter
• 2 Eggs, well beaten
• 1 Tsp Vanilla
• 1/4 Tsp Salt
• 2 Tsp Baking Soda
• 2 Cups Flour

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. In a large bowl, cream sugars and shortening together.
3. Cream in peanut butter.
4. Add vanilla and eggs.
5. In a small bowl, sift together salt, baking soda, and flour.
6. Mix the dry ingredients into the larger bowl a third or quarter at a time.
7. Roll dough into walnut sized balls.
8. Place balls on pan with a 3″ gap.
9. Press with prongs of slightly wet fork.
10. Bake at 375°F for 8-10 minutes.

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