Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

[ Prep Time: 40 Minutes | Start to Finish: 2 Hours 40 Minutes | 2½ dozen cookies ]

• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ cup peanut butter
• ¼ cup shortening
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1¼ cups Bisquick Gluten Free mix

1. In large bowl, mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter and egg. Stir in Bisquick mix. Cover; refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.

2. Heat oven to 375°F. Shape dough into 30 (1¼-inch) balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 3 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in additional granulated sugar.

3. Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

1 Cookie: Calories 100; Total Fat 6g (Saturated Fat 2g; Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 80mg; Total Carbohydrate 11g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 1g Exchanges: ½ Other Carbohydrate, 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1

For a special treat, sandwich two of these cookies together with a scoop of chocolate ice cream inside. Roll the edge in chopped gluten-free candy bar or nuts.