Grannie's Peanut Butter Cookies

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"Anotehr of my Mom's recipes, I do love to share them with everyone, she is no longer with me, and it feels good to share this part of her with everyone. She worked in a small home-cooking bakery in our small hometown, for years, a fantastic cook, and I have always aspired to be as good as my Mom in the kitchen, I don't think my time has come yet, but it sure is fun trying!! Enjoy this recipe!!"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 7 dozen cookies

ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup peanut butter (chunky or creamy)
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1 cup natural bran
• 3⁄4 cup rolled oats
• 2 teaspoons baking soda

directions

1. Melt butter. Beat together with the sugars, vanilla, peanut butter and eggs.
2. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, bran, oats and baking soda,.
3. Stir mixture into butter mixture.
4. Drop by teaspoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 350F for 15-18 minutes.
6. Remove to rack to cool,.

Reviews

[Barb 3663]

This is identical to a recipe card from Great American Recipes that I've had taped inside my kitchen cupboard for 20 years. I was going to type it into Food.com, but thought I'd take a minute to search it first. So glad I found it here, saved me having to type it in! I don't use the bran, I use 2 cups of rolled oats instead. Love the texture of these cookies.

 

[Jenny Ann]

Fresh out of the oven I found that these cookies lacked the peanut butter flavor I wanted, which was surprising because the dough tasted very good. However, these cookies age well -- if you can call one day aging. :-) Recipe is a keeper.