Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Snickerdoodles

My favorite baking times of the year is Christmas!  Best to start all my holiday baking with one of my all time favorites.  Hopefully it will become one of yours too!

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 3/4 cup flour
  • 2 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Mix the shortening and the 1 1/2cup sugar and eggs thoroughly. Measure flour blend the flour and cream of tartar and soda and salt together. Shape dough into 1 inch balls Roll in mixture of 2 tbsp sugar and the cinnamon. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet Bake 8-10 minutes. These cookies puff up at first and then flatten out. Makes 6 dozen cookies.

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