Peanut Butter Cookies

I love peanut butter cookies!  I especially love the smell of them cooking!  

Peanut Butter Cookies

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/4 cup shortening

1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 egg

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

 Chocolate kiss candy (optional)

1. Mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter and egg in a large bowl.  Stir in remaining ingredients.  Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
2. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
3. Shape dough into 1 1/4 inch balls.  Place about 3 inches apart on undgreased cookie sheet.  Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped into sugar.
4. Bake 9 to 10 min. or until light golden brown.  If you want to add a Hershey Kiss to each cookie do this now when you take them out of the oven.  Place in the center of the cookie.  Cool 5 min; remove from cookie sheet.  Cool on wire rack.

Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies