Bite Me, Michael Weatherly: New Recipe Wednesday: New Recipes

Fear not, faithful readers: I managed to survive the "winter wallop" (teehee), despite the fact that I had to work the two nights that it was the worst. A huge thank-you to my ~~guinea pigs~~ officers, because without them, there's no way I would have gotten out of the house!

I'm well aware that I missed Tuesday (again), but that's because I've pretty much been baking all week. I've got two new recipes for this post.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

3/4 cups of crunchy peanut butter

1/2 cup of shortening

1 1/4 cups of light brown sugar

3 tablespoons of milk

1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

1 egg

1 3/4 cups of flour

3/4 teaspoons of salt

3/4 teaspoons of baking soda

Directions:

1.) Heat oven to 375 degrees.

2.) Combine peanut butter, shortening, light brown sugar, milk and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat until well blended.

3.) In another bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda.

4.) Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture, mixing until well blended.

5.) Roll into 1 inch balls and drop onto pan.

6.) Bake for 7-9 minutes.

Notes: I've always been kind of grossed out by shortening (just because it looks so icky), but these cookies tasted pretty good. If you decide to make the fork criss-cross pattern ontop of the cookies, I found that dipping the fork into sugar helps to keep it from sticking. Also, don't be afraid if the cookies don't necessarily look all the way done when they're taken out. After letting them sit, they'll be just fine. This recipe makes about three dozen cookies.