Soft Peanut-Butter Cookies

Submitted by mailbelle

"From Best of the Best From Michigan cookbook I received in the bi-annual cookbook swap."

 

• Ready In: 41mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 36-40 cookies

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄4 cup Butter Flavor Crisco
• 1 cup peanut butter (crunchy or creamy)
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup white sugar
• 2 small eggs
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup dry oatmeal

directions

1. Whip butter, Crisco, peanut butter, brown sugar and white sugar until creamy.
2. Add eggs and vanilla.
3. Combine dry ingredients, except oatmeal and add to creamed mixture. Mix well; then add oatmeal, last.
4. Roll into balls; put about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Bake at 350 ° for 9-11 minutes.

Reviews

[Hollie Bean]

My son prefers SOFT cookies, and these fit the bill! They were extremely soft and also tasty! I've never made PB cookies with oatmeal in them, but it lent a nice texture. I used plain shortening also b/c that's all I had, but would be curious how the flavor might change with butter flavor shortening.

 

[Katzen]

Yummy cookies! I used all butter flavour Crisco, and half regular peanut butter, half chunky. Super simple to make, and are done quickly. One tip: make sure to take the out of the oven when they're just barely browning around the edges - this is what keeps them soft. Thanks for sharing the recipe! Made for PRMR Tag.

 

[jaminjamie]

Great cookies! I used plain shortening & margarine, just roll the dough, no need to roll in sugar or flatten with fork, spreads out nicely & are soft.