Homemade slice & bake peanut butter cookies

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       Title: Homemade Slice & Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
  Categories: Cookies, Mixes, Peanut butt
       Yield: 4 servings
  
       2 c  Vegetable shortening
       2 c  Granulated sugar
       2 c  Packed brown sugar
       2 c  Peanut butter; creamy or
            -chunky
       2 ts Vanilla extract
       4    Eggs
       5 c  Unbleached flour
       4 ts Baking soda
  
   Recipe by: _Make-A-Mix_ by Eliason, Harward & Westover
   Cut four 14" x 12" pieces of waxed paper or plastic wrap.  Set aside.
   
   In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine with the granulated and brown
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   gars and the peanut butter.  Beat in vanilla extract and eggs until light
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   nd fluffy.  In a large bowl, combine flour and baking soda.  Stir flour
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   ture into egg and butter mixture; blend well.  Stir in chocolate chips and
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   nuts; stir to distribute evenly.
   
   Divide the dough into 4 pieces.  Shape each piece into an 8" - 10" roll.
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   rap rolls in waxed paper.  Place the rolls in a rectangular freezer
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   er with a tight fitting lid, or into a large freezer zip-lock bag, or wrap
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   well in a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil.  Label with date and
   contents.=
     Store in freezer.  Use within 6 months.  =
   
   To prepare cookies:  Slightly thaw one roll of peanut butter cookie dough.
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   Preheat oven to 350=B0.  Cut the dough into 1" thick slices; cut each
   slic=
   e into quarters and roll each quarter into a ball.  Arrange balls on
   ungrea=
   sed  cookie sheets, placing about 1 1/2" apart.  Flatten the dough balls
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   th the tines of a fork in the traditional criss-cross pattern.   Bake for
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   bout 8-10 minutes, or until browned around the edges.  Remove from oven
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   cool on wire racks.  Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
   
   Makes 4 rolls of cookie dough, or enough for about 12 dozen cookies.
  
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