Peanut Butter Cookies from Betty Crocker's Cooky Book

On a cookie making kick tonight.

Cream together:

1 stick butter--softened

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar--I prefer dark brown sugar

2 eggs

 Blend in:

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1-1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

At this point you can either chill the dough or roll into 1-inch balls (I use a small cookie scoop) and mash with a fork before baking them for about 8-10 minutes. When you do bake them, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. 

These were the very first cookies I learned to bake. My grandmother, Minnie Mae Minton Chisholm, allowed my sister and me to help her roll and mash them, so I never make these coolies without thinking of her. 

Minnie Mae and me