Snickerdoodles

The classic snickerdoodle. 


I had never made these before because I generally steer clear of anything that resembles a sugar cookie. Don't ask me why because I can't give you a logical answer. Sigh. These were made at the request of the fiancé. I'm such a sucker. These cookies were also eaten relatively quick once I took them over to his place. It's like they inhale bake goods over there (which makes him and his roommate the perfect test subjects). 


In the depths of my mother's recipe box I found this recipe. I'm pretty sure no one had ever used that recipe card. Maybe a dislike of making cookies that resemble sugar cookies runs in the family :)


Ingredients:

1 cup butter

1 ½  cup sugar

2 eggs

½ teaspoon vanilla

2 ¾  cup flour

2 teaspoons cream of tarter

1 teaspoons baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

1/3 cup cinnamon sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add eggs and vanilla extract.
3. In a separate bowl, sift flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt together. 
4. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet.
5. Form dough balls about the size of walnuts and roll them in cinnamon sugar. Dough will probably be a little sticky, a spoon is very helpful with rolling the dough around.  Place on an ungreased cookie sheet or parchment paper.
6. Bake for 10 minutes. More or less time depending on if you like your cookies crisp or soft.  
7. Let cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet then transfer to wire cooling rack.