Dot, assuming you mean that you used Crisco butter sticks for the vegetable shortening called for in the recipe, this swap should have been fine. A few other factors could be making your cookies dry, including unintentionally measuring out a heavier cup of flour than intended (click here for a visual demo of our fluff, sprinkle and level method) and using a natural, rather than "supermarket-style" peanut butter. While we love natural pb for many reasons, we find that supremarket-style works much better in this, and many other, baking recipes. If we can help talk this through any further, feel free to give our Baker's Hotline a call at 855-371-BAKE. Mollie@KAF

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