Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening or 1 cup butter
• 1 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 cups icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 -6 teaspoons milk

Recipe

• 1 cream together shortening, peanut butter and sugars.
• 2 add vanilla.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
• 4 mix together flour, baking soda and salt.
• 5 add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.
• 6 shape into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheets.
• 7 flatten slightly with a fork.
• 8 bake at 375 f for about 8 minutes until golden. when you take them out, they will be a bit soft but leave them on the sheet for a couple minutes and they will continue to cook.
• 9 remove from the sheet and cool on wire racks.
• 10 meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, beat filling ingredients until smooth.
• 11 spread on one half of cool cookies and top each with another cookie.