Melt In Your Mouth Peanut Butter Cookies
Serves: 5
Eda Schinner
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
56
Spice
46
Sweetness
56
Sourness
42
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.2
Difficulty
Ingredients:
1 cup
Shortening1 cup
White Sugar1 cup
Brown Sugar (packed)1 cup
Peanut Butter2
Eggs2 tbsps
Water2.5 cups
All-Purpose Flour (sifted)1 tsp
Baking Soda1 tsp
SaltDirections:
1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)
2
Beat the shortening with the sugars and the peanut butter until well mixed
3
Beat in the egg and the water
4
Gradually beat in the flour, baking soda and salt
5
Form cookies on an ungreased baking sheet with a cookie press or roll into balls and smash flat with a floured fork or fingers
6
Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 12 minutes or more until done, usually when the puffed up cookie has lowered down to level
7
Before then it is more chewy
8
For High Altitude, omit water and add eggs last, mixing well, but not beating them as at sea level
9
Raise the temperature to 390 degrees F (200 degrees C)
10
Or use a convection oven at 312 degrees F (155 degrees C) for 15 min works even better