Peanut Butter& Jelly Cookies

Tonight, we got home, and we argued over the last sour cream and onion Special K chips.  When those were gone we stood in front of the very empty pantry, and said, "well, what are we gonna eat now?"  Then we saw the peanut butter.

We made PB & J cookies, peanut butter cookies with granola, and just regular old peanut butter cookies.  Everyone's happy. :)

Here's what you'll need:

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup butter
1 egg
1-1/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
your favorite jelly flavor
about 1/4 cup granola

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine the sugars, butter, shortening, peanut butter and egg.

Mix on medium-high speed until creamy.

In a separate bowl, combine your dry ingredients; the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

Gradually add the dry ingredients into the mixer until well-combined.

Scrape down the sides of the bowl.

Mix until it looks like this:

Scoop the dough onto a greased cookie sheet.  For the cookies that are going to have jelly, press the back of the spoon into the dough balls so they have a little hole for the jelly.

Bake them for about 5 minutes.  Pull them out of the oven, and add about 1 teaspoon of jelly into each of the little holes.

Bake them for another 5 minutes, and you're all done!

We also decided to make some with granola sprinkled on top.  You could add a chocolate kiss, banana, or anything else you think of.  Enjoy!

Buon Appetito!
Dana & Chrissy