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    Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

    Published: Mar 28, 2010 Last updated: Sep 20, 2021 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    These old fashioned peanut butter cookies are deliciously crispy cookies with a sugar coating baked onto the peanut butter flavored cookie.
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    These Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies are crispy around the edges, chewy in the center, and full of peanut butter flavor. They are great to send off in the kids lunch box or as an afternoon snack.

    These peanut butter cookies are what I grew up with and are scored in my memory forever as one of my favorite cookies that were on the crispy side.

    Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies on a cooling rack.

    🍪 Why I Love This Cookie Recipe

    The Feeder's Digest is a local cookbook put together by the Hermon-Dekalb community in New York back in the 70's. It was a local fundraising cookbook that my mom and grandmother had in the home. This cookbook offers up a lot of old fashioned recipes that people loved to make back then.

    This Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookie was and still is one of my favorite recipes in that cookbook. Made the old fashioned way equal amounts of crisco shortening, butter, peanut butter and two types of sugar, these cookies bake up with a delicious crisp outside with a chewy center.

    Upclose image of a cookie with criss cross marks and a brown, yellow, and orange mini peanut butter candy on top.

    🥘 Ingredients

    Vegetable shortening. My mom swears by this brand. It is the only one she uses to make her famous Buttermilk Doughnuts.

    Creamy peanut butter. The peanut butter should not be all natural peanut butter, rather, use a peanut butter similar to the brand I use.

    Granulated sugar and brown sugar. The brown sugar will aid in making the cookies chewy in the center and adds a deeper flavor to the peanut butter cookie.

    Large eggs at room temperature.

    Flour, baking soda, and salt. The flour will aid in binding the cookies together and the baking soda reacts with the molasses in the brown sugar to help leavening and will allow the cookie to puff up a little.

    Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies with criss cross marks and mini peanut butter chips on top.

    🍽  Equipment

    2 large mixing bowls, one for the flour mixture and one for the shortening mixture.

    An electric hand mixer helps to cream the wet portion of the peanut butter cookies in a more efficient manner than stirring with a spoon.

    Rubber spatulas for scraping the dough from the sides of the bowl.

    Small cookie scoop

    Large rimless insulated baking sheet

    Parchment paper for lining the baking sheet

    Cookie spatula to remove the cookies from the baking sheet to the cooling rack.

    🔪 Instructions

    Step 1:

    1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a small mixing bowl mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.  Set aside.

    Step 2:

    1. In a large mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer, blend together the Crisco, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until creamy.  Mix in the eggs and vanilla until creamy.

    Step 4:

    1. With a mixing spoon, stir in the flour mixture until combined.
    2. Set the cookie dough in refrigerator to cool; approximately 1 hour. 

    Step 5:

    1. Scoop 1 tablespoon size of the cookie dough and roll into ball shape. Roll the cookie ball in granulated sugar and place on cookie sheet about 1" apart. 
    2. Press into the cookie dough with tines of a fork to make a crisscross design.  Decorate with mini candy coated peanut butter candies (if using).

    Step 6:

    1. Bake for 10 minutes or until the cookies are browned around the edges and are no longer wet on top. 
    2. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes before moving to cooling rack. Store in an airtight container.

    💭 Top Tips

    • Be sure to use room temperature eggs to prevent coddling of the shortening mixture.
    • Dipped the fork to make the criss cross into the sugar mixture to prevent sticking.
    • Store completely cooled baked cookies in an airtight container.
    • Freeze the cookies for up to 1 month.

    📖 Variations

    • Sprinkle a little cinnamon into the sugar mixture before rolling the cookie dough.
    • Substitute chunky peanut butter for the creamy peanut butter.
    • Top the cookies with mini chocolate coated candies in place of the peanut butter candies.
    • Stir ¼ cup of mini chocolate chips into the cookie dough.

    More Old Fashioned Cookie Recipes

    • Blueberry Cookies with Lemon Glaze
    • Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies
    • Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
    • Nanny's Raisin Filled Cookies
    • Nanny's Sugar Cookies
    • Butternut Squash Cookies with Brown Sugar Frosting

    Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    These old fashioned peanut butter cookies are deliciously crispy cookies with a sugar coating baked onto the peanut butter flavored cookie.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Course Desserts
    Cuisine American
    Servings 24
    Calories 259 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • 1 cup Crisco
    • 1 cup peanut butter
    • 2 large eggs
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • 2½ cups flour
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon soda

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a small mixing bowl mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.  Set aside.
    • In a large mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer, blend together the Crisco, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until creamy.  Mix in the eggs and vanilla until creamy.
    • With a mixing spoon, stir in the flour mixture until combined.
    • Set the cookie dough in refrigerator to cool; approximately 1 hour. 
    • Scoop 1 tablespoon size of the cookie dough and roll into ball shape. Roll the cookie ball in granulated sugar and place on cookie sheet about 1" apart. 
    • Press into the cookie dough with tines of a fork to make a crisscross design.  Decorate with mini candy coated peanut butter candies.
    • Bake for 10 minutes or until the cookies are browned around the edges and are no longer wet on top. 
    • Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes before moving to cooling rack. Store in an airtight container.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 259kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 5gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 155mgPotassium: 102mgFiber: 1gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 23IUCalcium: 17mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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    Comments

    1. Shad Dixon

      December 02, 2013 at 7:24 am

      Gonna try these. The family loves PB cookies.

      Reply
    2. Shad Dixon

      December 02, 2013 at 7:23 am

      Looks good.

      Reply
    3. Diana's Cocina

      March 31, 2010 at 1:43 am

      Peanut butter cookies are my husband all time favorite. This sounds yummy!

      Reply
    4. Amanda

      March 30, 2010 at 12:01 am

      these look yummy!! I have a favorite PB cookie too and they are very similar to this! I have all the same ingredients except mine uses all brown sugar, no white, and a little milk. I love PB cookies!

      Reply
    5. Maria

      March 29, 2010 at 8:59 pm

      You can't beat a good pb cookie!

      Reply
    6. Bellini Valli

      March 29, 2010 at 10:13 am

      We love peanut butter cookies around here Shelby!!

      Reply
    7. Coleen's Recipes

      March 29, 2010 at 4:32 am

      My Hubby LOVES...double loves peanutbutter cookies, thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    8. Debbie

      March 29, 2010 at 3:46 am

      Who doesn't like peanut butter and chocolate!?
      These look great.
      I'll be trying to follow some more of your more healthy recipes starting tomorrow tho....

      Reply
    9. Mags

      March 29, 2010 at 2:18 am

      Ahhh Crisco.... one of my guilty pleasures. I don't use it often, but geeze, it still makes the best cookies.

      Reply
    10. teresa

      March 29, 2010 at 1:58 am

      oh my gosh, i'll take ten!

      Reply
    11. Jamie

      March 28, 2010 at 11:39 pm

      Peanut Butter cookies are one of my favorites. Now you have me wanting to make some. Not a bad idea though 🙂

      Reply
    12. Jessie

      March 28, 2010 at 9:03 pm

      you just stirred up some major craving for these cookies, I love the classic peanut butter cookies

      Reply
    13. Lynda

      March 28, 2010 at 8:10 pm

      I love these cookies-I'm sure they were the perfect gift!
      I love old cookbooks like this, where you know many of the people and may have also eaten their food before.

      Reply
    14. Barbara @ moderncomfortfood

      March 28, 2010 at 3:24 pm

      Cookies with a double whammy of peanut butter? Yes! What a great idea, and thanks for sharing it.

      Reply
    15. pegasuslegend

      March 28, 2010 at 2:16 pm

      awesome cookie, cant ever go wrong with a classic peanut butter! my kids will love these~

      Reply
    16. The Sugar Queen

      March 28, 2010 at 1:41 pm

      Those look great ..... now I'm craving one!

      Reply
    17. Cristine

      March 28, 2010 at 1:07 pm

      I love a good peanut butter cookie and these look great with the Reeses on top. Mmmm!

      Reply

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