Peanut Butter Cookies

We made peanut butter cookies this weekend as a thank you for some of the people who've helped us out lately. It was Sunday, and we never made it to the store the day before (turns out cracking your head open changes your plans for the day) so we didn't have any butter for cookies. Fortunately, this recipe calls for shortening. I took this recipe from Kyle and Bekah's blog, but I am pretty sure it comes from Betty Crocker originally. I forgot to take a picture of them before we had them almost all packaged up, so this isn't the best, but believe me, they were good!

1/2 C Shortening
1/2 C Peanut butter (creamy or crunchy is fine)
1/2 C Sugar
1/2 C Brown sugar 
1 Egg
1 1/4 Flour
1/2 tsp Baking powder
3/4 tsp Baking soda
1/3 tsp Salt
Sugar

Mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter and egg in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm. Heat oven to 375ºF. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped into sugar (water works too). Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from pan and let cool. Enjoy!