Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe Redux: My Mother’s Recipe
February 6th, 2010 | 
Author: And the far better recipe in my humble opinion.? My mother makes peanut butter cookies like nobody’s business.? I am seriously addicted to them, and for the life of me don’t know why?I didn’t have her recipe for them.? I got it from her last week and have been making them ever since.? I was going to call them “Mom’s Peanut Butter Cookies” originally, but that could be anyone’s recipe…I want to be clear these came from my mom, so I titled them with her name.
I made these for a bake sale to benefit our troops…our local guard unit is coming home from Iraq in June (God willing) and their wives were having a bake sale to raise funds for a splendid welcome home event.?
?They each have a Hershey’s? Bliss Heart in the center.
I made these for us to eat today, and gave 1/4 of the batch to my sister Andrea and her kids.? I’m telling ya, we’re all junkies.? These cookies are that good!
The perfect texture, the perfect thickness.?
I like mine with a sugared top, Little Man likes them really plain.
Of course he didn’t inform me of this little tidbit till I was done baking.
Oh well, maybe next time.? In the meantime, he’s eating these the way they are.
I’ve created an adorable recipe card for you to download for this extra special recipe.? I used the incomparable Mary Fran from NitWit Collections’ “Oh the Possibilities” Kit to make it, and my own Recipe Card Template for Photoshop.? Be sure to check out NitWit Collections and TooFaboo for even more gorgeous kits, templates and crafting ideas and supplies.? Special thanks to Mary Fran for her permission to use this kit in this manner.
Download your free recipe and recipe card here.
Nancy L.’s Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
1/2 C. Shortening
1 C. Peanut Butter
1 C. White Sugar
1C. Brown Sugar
2 eggs
3 1/4 C. flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 C. milk
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375?.
Cream shortening and sugars in a large mixing bowl.? Add peanut butter, mix well.
Add eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition.? In a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.? Stir well to equally distribute baking soda throughout the flour.
Alternate adding milk and flour mixture to cream mixture, stirring well to combine.
Using a cookie scoop or your hands, shape dough into balls.? Flatten on cookie sheets with a fork to form a criss cross pattern.
Top with sugar before baking if you like.
Bake 10-12 minutes.
Makes 32-36 large cookies.
I hope you enjoy the recipe and the recipe card, my mom and I are happy to share them with you.
S.
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Thank you for sharing your recipe, Stacey! The card is beautiful. Your blog is very nice. ~Susan (saw-whet from TOH website)
Thanks Susan! I hope you enjoy the cookies. I know I certainly do, probably a bit too much.;) I recently updated the blog to use only graphics that I’ve created myself, and I love it. I should probably make a spring time kit, if only to decorate the blog with.
You’ve done a beautiful job with the graphics! I bookmarked your blog and will visit again soon. Thanks again for the lovely recipe card.
Thank You so much Stacey, for the recipe and the recipe card you designed. I hope to give this recipe a try, it sounds wonderful. And I love your idea for the Bliss Hearts! What kind of sugar have you used for the topping?
mmmm these look yummy, and the recipe is similar to my mom’s, if my memory is up to snuff. Except I have never seen chocolate bliss hearts!? Maybe they are only in the USA. Are the cookies chewy? I like my PB cookies chewy!
@Julia These *are* chewy. And soft. OMG. They are truly beyond words, in my opinion. LOL I am passionate about food that I love…can’t tell can you?
@Kay I used coarse sanding sugar for the topping. It gives them a bit of “sparkle”, don’t ya think?