Beat together sugars and shortening. Beat in eggs and peanut butter. Combine dry ingredients and gradually add to sugar mixture.

Drop cookie dough by the teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet. Flatten each cookie using a wet fork to make a criss-cross pattern.

Bake at 325°F for about 10 minutes or until just golden brown on edges, being careful not to over-bake (remove sooner for softer cookies).

For a peanut-butter chocolate treat, dip half of the cookies in melted dipping chocolate.

Submitted by: CM