School Cafeteria Peanut Butter Cookies

*Parsley*'s Note:

This is supposedly the recipe for the awesome peanut butter cookies that the East Penn School District cafeterias made from scratch each day when I was in school. With the revamping of the lunch program to promote healthy foods, they discontinued making these cookies sometime in the early 90s. I thought these were the best cookies ever. This makes a lot of cookies. You may need to use your hands near the end of mixing as the dough gets stiff. You can cut this recipe in half, but use 3 eggs.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 100

• 1/2 lb shortening or 1 cup shortening
• 1 lb butter or 2 cups butter
• 1 3/4 lbs sugar or 4 cups sugar
• 1 lb brown sugar or 2 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 3/4 cups smooth peanut butter
• 1 1/4 lbs flour or 4 3/4-5 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Use a very large mixing bowl and cream together shortening, butter and both sugars.
3. Beat in eggs.
4. Beat in peanut butter.
5. Gradually add in flour and baking soda. You may only need the 4 3/4 cups of flour and not a full 5 cups.
6. You may need to use hands as dough gets very stiff.
7. Drop them by tbsp on to ungreased cookie sheets.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10-13 minutes or until lightly browned at edges.
9. Makes about 100 cookies.

Reviews

[mike710]

This is the cookie I remember when I was in the 1-4th grade. I used all natural peanut butter and it was awesome. This is definitely the only recipe you should use.