Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2           cup  shortening
  1                cup  peanut butter -- (creamy)
     3/4           cup  granulated sugar
     1/2           cup  brown sugar -- (firmly packed)
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
  1                     egg
  1         tablespoon  milk
  1 1/4           cups  flour
     3/4      teaspoon  baking soda
     1/2      teaspoon  baking powder
     1/4      teaspoon  salt

Preparation:

1. Heat oven to 375=F8F. 2. Cream together; shortening, peanut butter, both sugars and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed for one minute. Add egg and milk. Beat until well blended. 3. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and add to creamed mixture. Mix well. 4. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in flour. Bake fo 8 to 10 minutes. Cool 2 minutes then remove cookies from cookie sheet onto a cooling rack. Makes 2 dozen cookies.

Nutritional Information:

164 Calories (kcal); 10g Total Fat; (53% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 8mg Cholesterol; 126mg Sodium