Peanut Butter Cookies

While visiting Dad yesterday, I made some Peanut butter cookies from a Paleolithic Betty Crocker cookbook - they came out great! I added chocolate chips, since Dad is such a Reeses junkie. We enjoyed them during an action movie film festival: Batman (with Christian Bale); The Italian Job and Boondock Saints.



Forget buying that nasty cookie dough from the supermarket - these take 5 minutes to mix and 10 minutes to bake!

If you can't read the greasy food-spattered page, here's the recipe:

Mix together 1/2 cup shortening (I use butter, it's healthier!) 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 egg

Sift together (though I rarely do) and stir in 1 1/4 cups flour, 1/2 t. baking powder, 3/4 t. baking soda, 1/4 t. salt

Chill dough (didn't do that either, who can wait?) Roll into balls size of large walnuts. Place 3" apart on lightly greased baking sheet (I did 1 inch, no greasing - why bother, these cookies lube themselves). Flatten with fork dipped in flour...crisscross. bake until set, not hard. Temp: 375 degrees, time: 10-12 minutes.