Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

I baked cookies!  And lots of them, to share, of course.  I just love the smell and the warmth of freshly baked cookies.  It's so comforting.  I took this recipe from the back of a shortening container and adapted it here.  The cookie came out very crunchy and it stayed that way for days.  Give it a try!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup all purpose flour
6 T brown sugar
6 T granulated sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
1/4 tsp water

1.  Preheat oven to 375 F.  Cream shortening, sugars, vanilla, water and egg, until light and fluffy.  Beat in peanut butter.
2.  Mix flour with baking soda and salt; blend into cream mixture.  Stir in chocolate and peanut butter chips.
3.  Drop dough by rounded teaspoons 2" apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake about 10 minutes or until golden brown.  Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets.  Remove to wire rack; cool completely.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.