Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies
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Makes 6 dozen

2 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or shortening
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 1/ 2 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs, unbeaten
3 tablespoons milk

Sift flour and measure. Add baking powder and salt and sift again. Cream butter thoroughly. Add peanut butter and cream together until smooth. Add sugars gradually, creaming well. Add eggs, beating thoroughly. Add flour mixture, alternating with milk. Chill (this is a very important step. If you don't chill the dough, the cookies will spread too much and be really thin.) Shape into tiny balls and mash crisscrossed with floured fork. Bake in 400 degree F oven for 7 to 8 minutes.