• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• In a large bowl cream together the shortening, butter, peanut butter, and sugars
• Add 1 egg at a time, mixing in between
• Stir in the vanilla extract
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda
• Add to the wet ingredients and stir together, scraping down the sides as needed
• Roll into 1 1/2 inch diameter balls, place on cookie sheet, flatten with crisscross fork markings
• Bake for 9 minutes
• Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes
• Remove to cooling rack to finish cooling
• Frost on the underside each cookie with peanut buttercream frosting
• Add 1 tsp of jelly to one cookie, top with another cookie
• Eat peanut butter and jelly cookies

Peanut Buttercream Frosting

• Cream together the butter and peanut butter until smooth
  
• Add the powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating on low in between each add
  
• Add the vanilla and beat on high for a couple of minutes until smooth