peanut butter cookies

This recipe came from a cookbook my grandma's chuch put together back in 1990.  When my grandma's Alzheimer's got bad enough that she had to go into a nursing home, my parents cleaned out the house and brought me home a big stack of cookbooks.  Most were the 5x7-ish ones you can get in grocery store checkouts, but this was a treasure.  There are notes on recipes in my grandma's handwriting, which I love.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 c. margarine

1 c. peanut butter

1 c. brown sugar

1 c. white sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

2 c. flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

Cream together margarine and peanut butter.  Add sugars and mix well.  Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.  Add flour, salt and baking soda and mix well.  Drop on cookie sheet, press with a sugared fork and bake at 350F for 10-11 minutes.

Actually, the original calls for butter, but I made two batches one night a few years back and asked friends at work to test them.  One was made with butter, one with margarine.  I almost always bake with real butter, but the flavor of butter fought the flavor of the peanut butter and EVERYONE agreed that the margarine version was better, though they didn't know what the difference was.

It's credited to Renee, Rachel, and Angi Fields.  Noone I know, but I thank them wholeheartedly, as these are the best peanut butter cookies I've ever eaten!  They're great warm, cold, plain, dipped in milk...any way you like your cookies!

Coming soon:  Love is Blind...

Katie