Peanut Butter Cookies

(melt in your mouth) by Bridget Nelson
From the 2001 Desert Wells Ward Cookbook, Good Things to Eat From.

Combine in a large bowl and beat on medium speed until blended:
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/2/ cup shortening
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
3 Tbsp. milk
1 Tbsp. vanilla
Then add 1 egg.
Beat until blended. Next combine:
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda
Add to mixture just until blended.

Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with fork.
Bake at 375 for 7-8 minutes or until set and just beginning to brown.
Cool for 2 minutes on baking sheet. Yield 4-5 dozen