Chocolate-Peanut Cookies

Karen Grosse Smith

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup butter

1 cup chunk style peanut butter

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon soda

6 oz. chocolate chips

8 oz. peanuts

Cream shortening, butter, and peanut butter. Add white and brown sugars; cream. Add eggs and beat. Add sifted flour and soda. Add chocolate chips and peanuts. Drop onto greased baking sheet; slightly flatten cooky with spoon. Bake 15 minutes at 325 degrees. Makes 6 dozen.

Skippy (peanut butter) Shortbread

Leah Leipper Grosse

1/2 cup margarine

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup sifted brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 cup sifted flour

Cream margarine and peanut butter with sugars and egg. Add flour and mix smooth. Measure round tablespoons of dough. Pat out in circles 1/4 inch thick. Bake in slow oven at 325 degrees until delicately brown, about 20 minutes. Makes 2 1/2 dozen.

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