School Cafeteria Cookies
Huge, chewy, peanut butter cookies taste just like the ones the School Cafeteria ladies made back in the day!
Servings: 12
Calories: 415kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup cold butter or shortening (shortening works best)
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- dash of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix the shortening with peanut butter in a mixer until smooth.
- Add brown sugar, white sugar and beaten eggs. Mix well.
- Gradually blend in the flour, baking soda and salt.
- Drop cookie dough onto a cookie sheet in 2 Tbsp. scoops.
- Pat dough down and press with a fork in a criss-cross pattern.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to paper-lined sheets for cooling.
Notes
- Shortening is the ingredient used and tested for years in this vintage recipe. It works best, so if you want great results, use shortening instead of butter.
- If you use butter, the cookies will spread more than if you use shortening and may appear more greasy.
- Dust cookies with sugar after baking if desired.
Nutrition
Calories: 415kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 407mg | Potassium: 199mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 36g | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 2mg