Instructions: 1.In a large bowl, mix together sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter and egg. Stir well.

2.Mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder and slat, and slowly mix into peanut butter mixture.

3.Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours

4.Shape dough into 1 1/4 inch balls and place about 3 inches apart on an ugreased cookies sheet. Flatten in a criss cross pattern with a fork dipped in flour.

5.Bake about 9 minutes, until just light brown. 6.Remove from oven, let cool two minutes and remove from cookie sheet.

Notes: When baking cookies, place the cookie sheet with the cookies on the centre rack in your oven, and a second cookie sheet on the rack below. This makes for nice chewy cookies... Preheat oven to 375

Yield: 85 cookies
approx.

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