Family Recipe: Grandma Willa’s Peanut Butter Cookies

Grandma Willa has a delicious peanut butter cookie recipe.  These are great cookies to make for an after school snack or to take with you on a trip or to a picnic in the park.  The best part is they are easy to make and you probably already have the ingredients in your fridge and pantry to put them together!

Grandma Willa’s Peanut Butter Cookies:

• 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
• 1/4 cup Shortening
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
• 1 Egg, well beaten
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
• 1 cup sifted Flour

Cream Peanut Butter and Shortening together.  Add sugar gradually, continue until mixture is light and fluffy.  Add the egg, sifted flour and baking soda.  Mix well.  Drop mixture by teaspoon onto a cookie sheet.  Bake 10 to 15 minutes at 350°.  Yield’s 4 1/2 dozen.

Photo by Maggie Hoffman