Rainy day baking

I love baking when it's dark and rainy outside. So this past weekend while Hubby was golfing (yes, in the dark weather), I pulled out my old Betty Crocker Cookbook and made an old standard.

Peanut Butter Cookies
~sigh~

I love this recipe. These cookies are a bit like shortbread - melt-in-your mouth flakes of yummy. The recipe goes like this:

Peanut Butter Cookies

recipe adapted from
Betty Crocker Cookbook
pub. 1978

("vintage" to Carrie)

In a large bowl, combine and mix:

1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar (packed)
1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. peanut butter
1 egg
(plus I add 1 t. vanilla extract)

In a separate bowl, combine the following:

1- 1/4 c. flour
3/4 t. baking soda
1/2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt

and then add it to your egg/sugar mixture:

Shape dough into 1" balls and place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Use a fork to smash the cookie balls, making a criss-cross shape on top.

Bake at 350 degrees until set but not hard, 9-10 minutes. Cool slightly before removing from cookie sheet.

And, of course:
(For the record, I don't let him walk all over my kitchen counters. He has this thing where he keeps his back feet on the bar stool, and puts the front of his body on the counter. We gave up trying to keep him off a couple of years ago, but this is as far as he goes.)

♥

Curl up on the couch with a good book,

a glass of milk, (and most likely a cat) and
ENJOY!

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It's raining outside.
xo

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PS: FYI for my international friends, shortening is like a solid form of vegetable oil. :o)