Busters Recipes

Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies
  
  1 cup butter flavored all vegetable shortening
  1 cup creamy peanut butter
  1 tsp vanilla
  2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  1/3 cup granulated usgar
  2 large eggs
  2 cups flour
  1 cup preserves, any flavor
  
  Preheat oven to 350 F.  Combine shortening, peanut butter, and vanilla in a food processor fitted with a metal blade.  Process until well blended and smooth.  Add the sugars and process until incorporated completely.  Add the eggs and beat just until blended.  Add the flour and pulse until dough begins to form a ball. Do Not Overprocess.  Place dough in a medium bowl.  Shape 1/2 tablespoon of dough into a ball for each cookie.  Place 1 1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.  Press thumb into the center of each cookie to create a deep well.  Fill each well with about 1/2 teaspoon of preserves.  Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned and firm.  Cool on cookie sheets for 4 minutes.  Transfer to cooling racks.