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.