Aunt Chick's Peanut Butter Cutout Cookies

1 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1/8 tsp peanut butter oil (LorAnne's is recommend)
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda

In a large mixing bowl cream peanut butter and sugars. Beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4" thickness. Cut with 2 in. to 4 in. cookie cutters dipped in flour. Place 2" apart on ungreased baking sheets.

Bake at 375 degrees for 7-9 minutes or until the edges are browned. Cool for 1 minute before moving to wire cooling rack.

Aunt Chick's Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Jello Cookie Recipe

CREAM IN A MIXING BOWL COMBINE:
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 package (3 ounces) strawberry gelatin

BEAT IN:
1 Egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

IN SEPERATE BOWL COMBINE:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Combine cream mixture gradually with flour mixture.
Chill dough for 1/4 hour (dough will harden if it gets too cold). Roll dough out to 1/8" thickness and flour strawberry cookie cutter. Cut out cookies one time through just making outline of the cookies. Go back and reflour cookie cutter picking up the cutout shapes and press dough into the cutter mold. Slap cookie out into your hand and put on an ungreased baking sheet (make sure the cookie sheet is NOT an airbake cookie sheet).

Bake cookies at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until set (do not brown). Remove to wire racks to cool. YIELDS 6 dozen cookies.

TO DECORATE:Using a little bit of Vodka, mix into green luster dust to make a paintable substance. Paint on strawberry stems and sprinkle with green sanding sugar. Then dip cookies into tempered milk chocolate and let cool on a wire rack.