For Sue's request, here's my all time favorite Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe. The finished product is a nice shape and soft in the middle.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1/2 cup peanut butter (I prefer the extra crunchy)
1/4 cup Crisco
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg, well beaten
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

Cream peanut butter and Criso together. Add sugar gradually, continuing until mixture is light and fluffy. Add beaten egg. Then, add flour and soda; mix well. Drop or roll by teaspoons on to ungreased cookie sheet. Press down with tines of a folk. Bake 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees. Avoid overbaking. Mine are usually done in 12 min.


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