Anyways.
So I have this brother. Actually I have two of them, but one of them in particular has a love affair frequently with these peanut butter cookies. I could probably ask him to do anything, throw these in as payment, and he would say yes.
"Darius, will you fix that thing that's blinking on/in my car? I will make you those peanut butter cookies." (DONE!)
"Darius, I'm going to need someone to model a dress for me and no one else will do it. You can have some of those cookies afterwards." (Done AND DONE!)
"Darius, I have acquired 3 parakeets, a couple of marmots, and an obese llama, can I keep them in your room? Here are some cookies." (Now he's Dr. Doolittle!!!)
They really are good cookies. I got the recipe from my mom and she got it from... the Crisco shortening container? Mom? Can you clarify this please?
One of the things I love about these cookies, I mean besides the peanut butter goodness that they possess, is that they can be made SO FAST! Sometimes I like to race the oven and see if I can get them all mixed up and onto a cookie sheet before it's heated up. Sometimes I need to get a life.
Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
3 TB milk
1 TB vanilla
1 egg
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
Heat oven to 350. Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies. (This is essential! You MUST cool on foil!)
Combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat until well blended. Add egg. Beat just until blended. Combine flour, salt, and soda. Add to creamed mixture. Drop by scoopfuls onto ungreased baking sheet. Flatten slightly in crisscross patterns with fork tines (dip the fork in a bowl of regular sugar before doing this so that they dough doesn't stick. You can also use a glass glass - no I did not stutter - to flatten them as well).
Bake for 8 minutes, or until set and just beginning to brown. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to foil to cool completely.
Makes about 3 dozen.
Here are mine before baking. You will note that while they have been flattened, it was not with a fork, glass glass, or sugar. Why you may ask? Because mine were destined for other things...
...like being turned into peanut butter blossoms!!! So easy, just add the Hershey kisses to the cookies AS SOON as they're out of the oven.
Guess who the dork is that took a picture of the cookies right out of the oven, but NOT with the kisses on top. Also, this is what I like mine to look like when finished. Browned only slightly, and cracking.
Yum :) Now I just need Darius to overhaul my transmission...
Resource: My mom? Crisco?