Cookie Recipes
Peanut Butter Spritz Cookies (T&T)
Yield: approximately 60 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter flavored Crisco shortening
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
- 1 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour (sift flour first, then measure)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon hot water
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Cream shortening until light. Gradually add sugar and brown sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix, then add peanut butter and hot water, beating well.
- Sift flour and baking soda together and gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.
- Fill press and form cookies to desired shapes on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake approximately 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned around edges.
Notes
I sometimes take the honey roasted peanuts and finely chop them and sprinkle on top of the cookies before baking. I sometimes melt some bittersweet chocolate and drizzle over the tops of the cookies (with or without the chopped nuts).
This is a tried and true method of achieving consistency every time.
- Don't grease cookie sheets.
- Add flour gradually.
- Check for dough consistency before adding all of the flour.
- If dough is too dry, add 1 egg yolk.
- If dough is too soft, chill 30 to 60 minutes.
Attribution
Posted by BettyBoop at Recipe Goldmine 10/27/2001 3:02 pm.