" Combining
scratch and boxed cookie mix, I've come up with this cookie
recipe that has people paying me greenbacks to make these
cookies"
Ingredients
1 cup butter flavored
shortening
1 cup creamy peanut
butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown
sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose
flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking
soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons water
1 (17.5 ounce) package peanut
butter cookie mix
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees
C).
2
Combine peanut butter (including peanut
butter from box mix), shortening, oil and water in a large mixing
bowl, blend until smooth. Adding one at a time, blend in sugar,
brown sugar , eggs and vanilla, mixing well.
3
Combine dry mixture a little at a time into
wet mixture and mix well. It may become necessary to finish mixing
dough by hand.
4
Roll dough into 1 1/2 to 2 inch balls and
place a baking sheet leave 2 to 2 1/2 inches between cookies.
Cross-hatch dough balls using a fork to flatten to 1/2 to 3/4 inch
thickness. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) about 7 to 10
minutes, until edges start to turn light brown. Remove from oven
let stand for 5 minutes and transfer cookies to wire rack.
