Mrs. Oliver’s Peanut Butter Cookies

Virginia Oliver

makes 5 1/2 dozen

• 1 cup shortening/margarine
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 ½ cups sifted flour
• 1 ½ t. baking soda
• ½ t. salt
• 1 t. baking powder

Cream shortening, peanut butter and sugar together.  Add eggs.  Sift dry ingredients together and add to the first mixture.  Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheets for 12 – 15 minutes in a preheated 315 oven.  PLEASE..make sure you don’t cookie them too long.