Crunchy Peanut-butter Cookies With Shredded Wheat

Total Time: 41 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 11 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening or 1 cup margarine
• 1 cup chunky peanut butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups shredded wheat, crushed
• 1/2-2/3 cup coarsely-chopped peanuts

Recipe

• 1 mix together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until creamy.
• 2 add eggs and vanilla and beat until light.
• 3 sift the flour with the soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture until well blended.
• 4 lightly mix in the shredded wheat and peanuts.
• 5 drop rounded teaspoonfuls of batter, about 2 inches apart, on ungreased cookie sheets. (this makes rather ragged cookies, so i like to roll them into balls first, but little pieces of shredded wheat do stab a bit!) using the tines of a fork, press dough flat in each direction to make a crisscross pattern on top of each cookie.
• 6 bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 7 makes about 8 dozen cookies.