Snickerdoodles

This is my great grandmother's Snickerdoodle recipe.  And it is my husband's FAVORITE cookie!  He LOVES them!  And the little ones love them, too!  Not too sweet, perfect texture, yummy cookie - and best of all, EASY!

All you need is:

• 1 cup butter (original recipe calls for soft shortening, I've never used the shortening, but you could if you'd like to)
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cup flour
• 2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• cinnamon (to roll dough in)

Thoroughly mix together butter, sugar, eggs

Original recipe calls to sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt.  I don't have a sifter, so I just mix.

Slowly mix flour mixture into egg mixture until all flour is blended.  Make sure all butter pieces are blended thoroughly to prevent burning when baking.  If you have one of those pastry/dough attachments for a Kitchen Aid Mixer, this would work wonderfully for this part.

Roll balls into size of walnuts and roll in mixture of 1 tbs sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon.  Try to adhere closely to this ratio, as too much sugar or too much cinnamon throws it all off - don't ask me how I know :)

Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes

Don't they look yummy?

SO yummy!  My husband could seriously eat a DOZEN in one seating!!  Enjoy!