ingredients

  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ½ cup vegetable shortening
  • 1-½ cups white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2-¾ cups flour, all-purpose
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
3. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
4. Bake 9 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.

Categories

Cookies, Desserts

MacGourmet downloadSnickerdoodles. To import, drag image to your MacGourmet recipe box.

servings/yield

48 servings