Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies I

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• in a large mixing bowl, cream the shortening and sugar. blend in peanut butter, salt, egg, vanilla and flour. mix well.
• shape dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter. press your thumb into the center of each ball, creating a 1/2 inch depression.
• bake for 12 to 15 minutes and cool on a rack. fill the centers with a tart jelly/fruit preserve.