Peanut Butter Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. white sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1/2 c. peanut butter
1 1/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. soda

Preparation

Blend shortening, salt and sugar together (be sure the brown sugar is free from lumps).
Stir in egg.
Add peanut butter, stirring in well.
Sift and measure flour.
Sift again with soda. Add dry ingredients to first mixture, blending thoroughly.
Form dough into balls the size of a walnut.
Place 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet.
Press with fork first in one direction, then at right angles to form a cross.
Bake for 10 minutes in preheated 375\u00b0 oven.