2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup (1 stick) shortening (I use Crisco's butter variety)
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup peanut butter
2 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven at 375°F

Combine baking soda and cinnamon with the flour. Place into the mixing bowl the eggs, sugar, shortening, brown sugar, and the vanilla. Blend all this together until smooth. Then add the peanut butter. Mix the flour in small amounts at a time into the rest of the ingredients. Roll the cookie dough between your hands to form a small ball.

Bake at 375°F on an ungreased, aluminum cookie sheet, with your oven's rack at the very bottom of the oven itself. The baking time is 10 minutes. Allow them to cool at least 10 to 15 minutes before removing them from the cookie sheet.

Note: It is a good idea to press them down a tiny bit with a spatula, this way they will be perfectly round.

Submitted by: South Dakota's Cookie Monster