Salted Peanut Cookies

Name: Salted Peanut Cookies
Total time: 20
Yield: 36
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar; 2 eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 cups salted peanuts

Recipe by Kathleen Dickerson from allrecipes.com

Dessert 20 Mins.

Ingredients

36 servings

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1 cup shortening
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1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
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2 eggs
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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3 cups all-purpose flour
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½ teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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2 cups salted peanuts

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Cream shortening, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Measure flour and sift into a separate bowl; blend baking soda and salt into flour. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture. Mix in peanuts.
Drop rounded teaspoons of dough about 2 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten dough with the bottom of a greased glass dipped in sugar.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.