25 Days of Christmas Recipes - Peanut Butter Cookies

On the sixth day of Christmas... a tradition in my family is take plates of cookies around to the neighbors and friends on Christmas Eve and sing Christmas carols on their doorsteps. Here's one of my favorite cookie recipes of all time - my Grandmother Cook's Peanut Butter cookies. SOOOOOO YUMMY!

Grandmother Cook's Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt

Directions:
1. Cream together shortening, peanut butter, and sugars. Once smooth, add egg and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and add to peanut butter mixture. Mix together until smooth.
3. Drop a tablespoon size of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Press a fork flat onto the top of each ball to make small indentations (do not press too far or your cookie will be too flat).
4. Bake cookies at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.