This is the best recipe for easy peanut butter cookies that I have ever found. Some easy peanut butter cookies taste funny, these do not! I have had this recipe for so long that my handwriting is starting to rub off. I think I got it from my grandmother. 
Ingredients & directions:
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 Lg egg
1 tablespoon of water
1 teaspoon of vanilla
— beat for 2 minutes, then add:
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
— mix well until well blended
— drop into approx 1/2 inch balls onto greased cookie sheet
— press criss-cross on top of each cookie with a fork that has been dipped in sugar (if you stick fork under running water first the sugar will stay better long enough to get to fork)
— bake at 325 degrees for approx 10 minutes.
That is it! It says it makes approx 5 dozen, but I have never gotten 5 dozen out of it. Maybe my cookies are too big
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Want these Easy Peanut Butter cookies in a more heart friendly version? Check out my newer recipe post to learn to make these using Cheerios!
About Kelli
Peanut Butter cookies are my fav! This recipe sounds so simple and I have everything on hand to make it, even better!