Cookie Quest Word Search

January 12, 2024

Find all the words in the puzzle below, follow the directions and bake a yummy batch of peanut butter cookies (two ways). Circle the words below! They will be right to left, up and down or diagonal. See the next page for the recipes!

FRATERNAL PUZZLE FOR MEMBERS AGES 10–14. Email contest@gbu.org or mail (GBU Fraternal Department, 4254 Saw Mill Run Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15227–3394) the participant's name, email address and answers to this fraternal puzzle for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card. Members must provide a valid email address, as the gift cards are sent via email.

Bake

Batter

Chips

Egg

Jelly

Mix

Oven

Peanut

Powder

Salt

Shortening

Sift

Soda

Spoon

Stir

Sugar

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Peanut Butter Cookies

—2 Ways

INGREDIENTS

½ cup sugar (regular white, granulated)

½ cup brown sugar (granulated—well packed)

½ cup shortening—like Crisco (plain–not butter flavor)

½ cup peanut butter—you can use crunchy or smooth

1 egg

1¼ cup all-purpose white or wheat flour (or a mix of both) ¾ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

OPTIONAL

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Jar of your favorite jelly or jam

1–2 cups of mini chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

Lightly grease several cookie sheets, or cover the cookie sheets with parchment paper according to the directions on the box.
Preheat oven to 375°F.
In a large mixing bowl, using a large spoon, cream (mix) the white and brown sugar, shortening, peanut butter and egg together. OPTIONAL—add vanilla. Stir carefully until everything is mixed well. This will be a thick batter.
In a smaller mixing bowl, using a fork, mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt (and cinnamon, if you are using it) together.
Carefully add the dry ingredients a little bit at a time to the wet ingredients. Mix thoroughly.
Use a small cookie scoop or two tablespoons to scoop a rounded tablespoon of dough on the cookie sheet 3'’ apart. Then, take a fork dipped in flour and flatten each ball in a crisscross pattern.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly brown on the edges. Do not overbake.
Remove from the oven. If you like, sprinkle mini chocolate chips on the top of the cookies, and as they cool, they will melt into the cookie. Then, remove the cookies from the cookie sheet and cool on a cooling rack.

TIP: Take two cooled cookies, spread jelly on them and eat them like a sandwich!

Jody Shapiro is a Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, native and owner of Aspire Enterprises and Yinzer Family Gifts N’at—where she turns her colorful computer creations, including images of her dogs and original black and gold Yinzer sayings, into shirts, mugs and other useful items that she sells in her Redbubble store redbubble.com/people/AspireToFind/shop?asc=u. Jody and her husband, Joel Bloom, live in Pittsburgh with their long-haired mini dachshund and social media influencer (@CodyBearTheDachshund) AKA Cody. Follow him for daily doses of dog humor and dog-themed poetry. Jody has been creating word puzzles for children since the mid-1980s. She has been a GBU member since the late 2000s. aspiretofindasolution.com

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