#616 - Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/2 cups butter
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 3/4 cups flour
Your favorite brand of peanut butter (about a cup)

In a mixer, add butter, white sugar--beat. Add egg and vanilla--beat. Add salt and baking soda--beat. Slowly add the flour--beat (if it gets too stiff for your mixer, continue by hand using a wooden spoon). Divide the dough into two portions. Flour your counter, add one portion of the dough to the flour, flour the top of the dough and using your hands roll it back and forth until you have a log. Wrap the log in Saran Wrap, place it in a container. Repeat with the second portion of dough and place it in the same container. Refrigerate the dough overnight. Unwrap the rolls from the Saran Wrap and using a knife, slice the rolls into 1/4" thick cookies. Place cookies on greased cookie sheets 2" apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove cookies from cookie sheets and let them cool completely. Spread one cookie with peanut butter and top with a second cookie, then lightly press together. Keep leftover cookies refrigerated.

#128 - Quick Microwave Fudge

(by Aunt Eileen [Knouse] Carter)

1- 18-20oz. jar creamy or crunchy Jif peanut butter
1 container of pre-made frosting (any flavor, any brand)

Put ingredients in a microwave safe bowl. Heat in microwave on high for 3 minutes, or until peanut butter melts. Remove from microwave and stir with a spoon until it's mixed well and smooth. Line an 8 x 8 x 2" pan with foil (you do not need to butter the pan). Pour the fudge into the pan and let it cool at least an hour, then refrigerate until firm, preferably overnight. Dump upside down on a cutting board, peel off the foil, and cut into squares. Keep refrigerated.

#126 - Peanut Butter Blossoms

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup Jif peanut butter
2 TBSP milk
1/4 cup white sugar for the batter
1/4 cup white sugar to roll the cookies in later
1/2 cup dark brown Domino's sugar (packed)
1/2 cup Parkay margarine
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 bag Hershey's kisses

In a mixer, combine Parkay, brown sugar, white sugar and beat with mixer. Add the egg, vanilla, peanut butter, milk, salt, baking soda. Beat. Slowly add the flour and beat. Once batter is ready take out a teaspoonful at a time and roll it into a ball in your hand. Roll in a bowl with the white sugar to cover the cookie. Put on a greased cookie sheet about 2" apart. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes. Bring them out of the oven and press one Hershey's kiss (unwrapped) into the middle of each cookie. Return to oven and bake another 3-4 minutes until the cookies are lightly browned.