IRRESISTIBLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Ingredients

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup all-vegetable shortening
1 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 3/4 cups all- purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In large bowl, combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla; beat at medium speed until blended. Add egg; beat just until blended. Combine flour, salt and baking soda; add to creamed mixture and beat at low speed until just blended. Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. With tines of fork, flatten slightly in crisscross pattern. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 8 minutes or until set and just beginning to brown. Place sheets of foil on countertop: slide cookies onto foil and cool completely.