School Cafeteria Peanut Butter Cookies

• 1/2 lb shortening or 1 cup shortening
• 1 lb butter or 2 cups butter
• 1 3/4 lbs sugar or 4 cups sugar
• 1 lb brown sugar or 2 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 3/4 cups smooth peanut butter
• 1 1/4 lbs flour or 4 3/4-5 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Use a very large mixing bowl and cream together shortening, butter and both sugars.
3. Beat in eggs.
4. Beat in peanut butter.
5. Gradually add in flour and baking soda. You may only need the 4 3/4 cups of flour and not a full 5 cups.
6. You may need to use hands as dough gets very stiff.
7. Drop them by tbsp on to ungreased cookie sheets.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10-13 minutes or until lightly browned at edges.
9. Makes about 100 cookies.

shortening, butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, smooth peanut butter, flour, baking soda, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/school-cafeteria-peanut-butter-cookies-489966 (may not work)