Heavenly Peanut Butter Cookies
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This easy peanut butter cookie recipe has been requested at every school bake sale that I do. It is light and airy and just melts in your mouth. You may use any combination of peanut butter that you like. I personally like the combination of creamy and extra chunky; if you like more nuts use only extra chunky. Or vise versa, if you don’t like the texture of the nuts, use only creamy. The one thing that I would caution you about is not using natural peanut butter; you will be disappointed with the results. It is not necessary to roll the dough balls in white granulate sugar if you don’t want to. You may also halve this recipe for peanut butter cookies if your
2 cups butter-flavored shortening
1 cup chunky peanut butter
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 ½ cups white granulated sugar
1 ½ cups packed light brown sugar
4 eggs
1 Tbs. pure vanilla extract
1 tsp. water
4 ½ cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
White granulated sugar for rolling
Preheat oven to 350º. With your
In a gallon size zippered food storage bag, combine flour, baking soda and baking powder. Seal bag well and shake until all ingredients are evenly distributed. With your
With a cookie scoop
Bake for approximately 10-14 minutes. Do not over bake. Bottoms should be just golden brown. Allow to cool for 5 minutes on baking sheets
There are a lot of peanut butter cookies recipes out there and if you are a peanut butter cookie fanatic, you have probably tried them all. I hope you will try this easy peanut butter cookie recipe and tell me what you think. Please send me your comments here:
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