Peanut Butter Cookies

So these were the second cookies that went in the care package to Kris.  I wasn't kidding when I said that I loved making cookies.  These cookies were great peanut butter cookies; smooth, creamy peanut butter mixed with mini chocolate chips.  Those little mini chips were the perfect amount of chocolate in these peanut butter cookies.  Even Kris had to rave about these cookies, they might become a new favorite.

Ingredients
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup  smooth peanut butter
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup mini chocolate chips
drizzle of milk

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two baking sheets.   Beat together the shortening, sugars, egg, vanilla, and peanut butter until smooth.  Add the flour, baking soda, and salt to the peanut-butter mixture, beating gently until everything is well combined. It may take awhile for this rather dry dough to come together; and when it does, it'll be quite stiff.  Add the mini chocolate chips.   Only if necessary, drizzle in enough milk to make the dough cohesive.   Drop the cookie dough by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets (a tablespoon cookie scoop works well here), leaving 2" between them.  Use a fork to flatten each cookie to about 1/2" thick, making a cross-hatch design. Bake the cookies for 12 to 16 minutes, until they're barely beginning to brown around the edges; the tops won't have browned. Remove them from the oven, and cool on a rack.

Original recipe from King Arthur Flour