The bestPeanut Butter Cookies are made from scratch, with love. Sweet and chewy with a little crispiness on the edges, these cookies have all the old-fashioned peanut butter flavor you crave. They're simply irresistible--especially paired with an ice cold glass of milk!
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Equipment
1 Mixer
1 Fork
1 medium mixing bowl
1 small cookie scoop
parchment paper
2 cookie sheets
Ingredients
1cupshortening
1teaspoon vanilla
1cupgranulated sugar
1 cupbrown sugar
2eggsbeaten
1 cuppeanut butter
3 cupsflour
⅛teaspoon salt
2teaspoonsbaking soda
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F, and prepare two cookie sheets by lining them with parchment of a silicone liner.
In a mixing bowl, cream the shortening, vanilla, and both sugars until thoroughly mixed. Add the eggs. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl and add the peanut butter.
Whisk the flour, salt, and baking soda together in a medium bowl. Add to the peanut butter mixture, and mix completely.
Use a cookie scoop and place the dough onto cookie sheets. Make a crisscross pattern in the top of each cookie using a fork.