Peanut Butter Cookies

1 Cup Butter or Shortening

1 Cup Granulated White Sugar

1 Cup Brown Sugar

2 Eggs

3 Cups Flour (sifted)

1 ½ teaspoon Baking Soda

½ teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Vanilla

1 Cup Peanut Butter

Mix sugars. Cream butter or shortening, then add sugar and cream well. Add well-beaten eggs, vanilla, and flour sifted w/salt and soda and peanut butter. Mix well and knead. Roll into balls ¾” across.

Place 1 inch apart on pans. Press with tines of fork lengthwise and then crosswise. Bake 5 to 10 minutes in a 400 degree oven.

This recipe comes from my grandmother on my mom's side.