Peanut Butter Cookies

These cookies are REALLY good, but they dry out quickly (3 days MAX)...so if you are going to eat them or give them away soon, these are the cookies for you!

Recipe makes 5 dozen, but can be cut in half.

Preheat oven to 350.

1 c shortening
1 c brown sugar
1 c granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Cream together ingredients, then add:

1 c peanut butter (I like to use crunchy peanut butter for the added nuts/texture)

Stir together the following ingredients, then add it gradually to the creamed mixture:

2 c flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 t baking soda

Roll the dough into small balls. Roll the balls in sugar, place on a cookie sheet, then press a fork in a criss cross pattern to flatten the cookie. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Lemon Coolers

I don't know how many of us remember these tasty treats from Keebler (I think) called Lemon Coolers. They were like Nilla wafers covered in lemony powdered sugar. I could eat these by the BOXFUL! Anyway, they stopped making them (I don't know why...I hate it when they keep crappy stuff and get rid of the stuff you LOVE!) But I found a recipe that is REALLY close to the real thing! The only thing I would suggest is doubling the amount of lemonade in the powdered sugar. I made them from the following recipe and I would like them to be more tangy. Anyway...here's the recipe!

Cookie:
1/2 c powdered sugar
1/3 c sugar
1/3 c shortening
1 egg
1/2 t vanilla
1/8 t salt
1 1/2 c cake flour
1 1/2 t baking powder
1 T water

Coating:
1 c powdered sugar
1/2 t unsweetened lemonade mix (Kool-aid mix) - this is what I would double in the future

Preheat oven to 325.

Lightly grease baking sheets.

Cream sugars, shortening, egg, vanilla and salt together. Add flour and baking powder. Add 1 T water and mix well until dough forms a ball. Roll dough into 3/4" balls and flatten slightly and place on baking sheet. Baking 15-28 minutes until lightly browned. Cobine the powdered sugar and lemonade mix for the coating in a ziplock bag. While the cookies are hot, place a few at a time into the bag and shake until well coated. Cool on racks.

I would recommend making the balls smaller so there is more of the coating on each cookie, but that's just the sugar-lover in me talking! hope you enjoy this treat!