Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

It's that time of year again....  cookie season!  So, I'm starting out with my favorite peanut butter cookie recipe.  It's the one I always use.  They always come out just right:  buttery, not too hard, not too soft, kinda melts in your mouth...  mmmm.....
Here is what you need:

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 
• 1/2 cup sugar 
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar 
• 3/4 tsp baking soda 
• 1/2 tsp baking powder 
• 1/4 tsp salt 
• 1/4 cup margarine  
• 1/2 cup Butter flavored Crisco 
• 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter 
• 1 egg

Now, this is the super easy and super fun part-  All you do is dump all the ingredients into a large bowl and using your hands (clean and dry of course), you just mush it all together to form the dough.  Once the dough is made you want to roll it into little balls about an inch in diameter.  Place onto cookie sheet about an inch apart from one another.  (This is where you can use the tines of a fork to press down on the balls to make that criss cross pattern if you wish.)  I can usually fit 15 per pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 7-10 minutes...  My oven bakes these perfectly at 7 minutes, but my sister's oven takes a little longer, so make sure you check on them so that they don't burn.  Let cool for a minute before moving them to wire racks to cool completely.
Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks...  but they'll probably be gone long before then.