AUTHOR’s NOTE: These cookies are great to bake for a party because you can make the dough ahead of time, then just pop it in the refrigerator. The filling is so simple: just a bit of peanut butter, and if you want, chocolate chips. Add three or four chips to the filling per cookie, and you'll have a wonderful chocolate addition.
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
Peanut butter
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 tablespoon milk
Recipe
1. Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, shortening and one-half cup peanut butter. Mix together until it resembles coarse meal. Add the corn syrup and milk. Scrape the dough onto a sheet of plastic wrap and form into a long roll about 2 inches in diameter. Chill the dough until firm.
2. Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
3. Cut the dough into slices one-fourth inch thick. Place half of the dough slices about 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Dab the center of each slice with one-half teaspoon of peanut butter. Top with another slice of dough. Seal the 2 slices with the prongs of a fork. Bake until light golden brown but still soft to the touch in the center, 12 minutes.