Hershey's Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies


       1  cup   brown sugar
       1      cup  white sugar
       1      cup   peanut butter
       1 1/2  cups   Crisco shortening
       2    eggs
       4      cups   flour
       1      tsp.  baking soda
         1/4  tsp.  salt
       1      tsp.  baking powder
                           36  Hershey kisses or ex. large choc. chips

    Cream together sugars, shortening, and peanut butter.  Stir in eggs.  Sift together dry ingredients.
    Work together all until thoroughly blended. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough into 1 inch balls
    and roll in granulated sugar to coat.  Place balls on a greased cookie sheet and bake
    for 9 to 10 minutes, until they spread out and just begin to brown.  Remove cookies from oven
    and press a Hershey's kiss gently into the center of each cookie.  Return  to oven and bake for
    another 2 to 5 minutes.  Allow cookies to cool for 5 to 10 minutes before removing from
    cookie sheet. Makes 3 doz.
     

    NOTES : You can use  extra large chocolate chips in place of Hershey kisses.
     

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