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Ingredients
- Cookie Dough:
- 1/2 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1/2 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/2 cup Jif® Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg, well beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Cookie Coating:
- 1/2 cup Jif® Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- Sugar
Preparation
Step 1
Cookie Dough:
COMBINE shortening, 1/2 cup peanut butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in bowl of electric mixer; beat at medium speed until well blended. Beat in egg and vanilla.
COMBINE flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Add gradually to shortening mixture at low speed. Beat until well blended. Cover. Refrigerate 1 hour.
HEAT oven to 350°F. Coat baking sheets lightly with no-stick cooking spray.
Cookie Coating:
COMBINE 1/2 cup peanut butter and powdered sugar in small bowl, stirring with fork until well blended. Mixture will clump together and appear moist.
REMOVE dough from refrigerator; shape into 1 1/4-inch balls. Roll in peanut butter mixture (balls may not be evenly coated). Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
BAKE 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown and just set. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets. Place on cooling racks to cool completely.