Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookies

• granulated sugar↗1⁄2 cup
• brown sugar↗1⁄2 cup

  packed

• peanut butter↗1⁄2 cup
• shortening↗1⁄4 cup
• butter or 1/4 cup margarine↗1⁄4 cup

  softened

• egg↗1
• all-purpose flour↗1 1⁄4 cups
• baking soda↗3⁄4 teaspoon
• baking powder↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• salt↗1⁄4 teaspoon

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter and egg in large bowl.

2. 2

   Stir in remaining ingredients.

3. 3

   Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.

4. 4

   Heat oven to 375ºF.

5. 5

   Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls.

6. 6

   Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped into sugar (water works well too).

7. 7

   Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown.

8. 8

   Note: about 1 minute before they are done it helps to lift and bang the sheet on the rack and turn it.

9. 9

   Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheet.

10. 10

    Cool on a wire rack.

11. 11

    Other note: you can use all butter/margarine to replace the shortening and probably would work vice versa as well.