Homemade slice and bake peanut butter cookies
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Vegetable shortening |
| 2 | cups | Granulated sugar |
| 2 | cups | Packed brown sugar |
| 2 | cups | Peanut butter -- creamy or |
| Chunky | ||
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla extract |
| 4 | Eggs | |
| 5 | cups | Unbleached flour |
| 4 | teaspoons | Baking soda |
Directions
Cut four 14" x 12" pieces of waxed paper or plastic wrap. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine with the granulated and brown sugars and the peanut butter. Beat in vanilla extract and eggs until light and fluffy. In a large bowl, combine flour and baking soda. Stir flour mixture into egg and butter mixtu Divide the dough into 4 pieces. Shape each piece into an 8" - 10" roll.
Wrap rolls in waxed paper. Place the rolls in a rectangular freezer container with a tight fitting lid, or into a large freezer zip-lock bag, or wrap well in a piece of heavy duty To prepare cookies: Slightly thaw one roll of peanut butter cookie dough.
Preheat oven to 350ø. Cut the dough into 1" thick slices; cut each slice into quarters and roll each quarter into a ball. Arrange balls on ungreased cookie sheets, placing abou Makes 4 rolls of cookie dough, or enough for about 12 dozen cookies.
Posted to EAT-L Digest - 19 Jun 96 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:41:37 -0600 From: Ilene Warfield <ilenewar@...> Recipe By : _Make-A-Mix_ by Eliason, Harward & Westover