These are my husband's favorite cookies. When I was a stay at home mom with a bunch of little kids, I actually baked these for him on a semi-regular basis. They are fast and easy, the ingredients are always on hand, and kids love to help form the balls of dough and roll them in cinnamon-sugar. The last few years my man has had a bit of a Snickerdoodle famine. Once in a while he gets lucky when his darling daughter gets the urge to bake, but I have not provided him with a regular supply of his favorites for a long time. Today I didn't have to go to work, and the changing leaves on the mountains outside my window put me in a fall-ish baking mood. My husband has been out of town a lot lately too, so these make a pretty good welcome home. The start aligned just right for me to bake Snickerdoodles and I can't wait to hand these over to him tonight! Try these out:
Snickerdoodles
1 -1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
2- 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Beat 1-1/2 cups sugar, the butter, shortening and eggs with electric mixer. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
Shape dough into balls. Mix 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in small bowl. Roll balls of dough in cinnamon-sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet (I prefer stoneware cookie sheets).
Bake 10 minutes if using metal cookie sheets, 12 minutes if using stoneware. Cookies should be slightly puffed and mostly set. Don't overcook these or they'll end up hard and dry.
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