GRANDMA'S CLASSIC PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Grandma's Classic Peanut Butter Cookies image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 9

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 egg
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well-blended. Add egg and mix until combined.
Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.
Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with lines of fork.
Bake until set and just beginning to brown. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack.