PB &J

It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

**You'll want a tall glass of milk for these!!**

What You’ll Need:

1 c sugar
1 c packed light brown sugar
1 c shortening
1 c reduced fat creamy peanut butter
2 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup preserves (I used strawberry)
Directions:
Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Beat together sugar, brown sugar, shortening and peanut butter. until blended. Add eggs, milk and vanilla. Beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt. Add to peanut butter mixture. Beat well. Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in a bowl with granulated sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet (I lined mine with parchment paper).
Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool 2 minutes. Make a depression in the center of each warm cookie with the back of a teaspoon. Fill each depression with about 1/2 teaspoon preserves. Cool completely.
Adapted from allrecipes.com and sheknows.com