Plump Peanut-Apple Cookies

3 cups Flour                                                                                   Preheat oven to 350

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Baking soda

1 cup Shortening, softened

1 cup Sugar

1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar

1 cup Peanut butter

1 cup Apple sauce

1 tsp Vanilla

2 Eggs

1 cup Raisins, chopped           

Sift together dry ingredients together. Cream together shortening, peanut butter, white sugar and brown sugar. Stir apple sauce, vanilla and eggs together.  Slowly at the dry and wet ingredients to the creamed ingredients; mixing after each addition. Stir in raisins. Drop by teaspoon on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10-20 minutes.

Peanut Butter Bars

1/2 cup Peanut butter                                                                  Preheat oven to 350

1/4 cup Margarine

1 tsp Vanilla

1 cup Brown sugar

2 Eggs

2/3 cup Flour, sifted

3/4 cup Salted peanuts, chopped

Cream together peanut butter, margarine, vanilla and brown sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beat well after each egg. Stir in flour and peanuts. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes in greased 8x8x2 pan. Cool and sift powdered sugar over the top. Yield appoximately 2 1/2 dozen bars.

Peanut Butter Pie

1/2 cup Peanut butter

1 cup Powdered sugar

1 box Vanilla Instant pudding (follow directions on box)

1 8" pie crust, baked

Whipped cream, optional

Combine peanut butter and powdered sugar, will be crumbly.  Put mixture in the bottom of a deep 8" baked pie crust. Save enough for topping. Pour pudding over crumbs. Top with whipped cream. Sprinkle crumbs over the top. Chill and serve.

Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

1 pkg, Duncan Hines Deluxe yellow cake mix                             preheat oven to 350
1/2 cup Crisco oil

1 cup Crunchy peanut butter
2 tbsp Water
2 Eggs

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Drop from a teaspoon on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 for 10-13 minutes.