Old Fashioned Snickerdoodles

Posted in: Baking Gift-Making Jul 3 2013

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Simple drop cookies can make a welcome gift;  just bake, wrap, tie with a ribbon and share.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 3/4 cups flour
  • 2 tsp. cream of tarter
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 2 tbsp. sugar
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon

 

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Mix butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, and eggs, mix well.
  3. Blend flour, cream of tarter, soda, and salt; mix into the butter mixture.
  4. Mix the remaining 2 tbsp. of sugar and the 2 tsp. cinnamon in a small bowl.
  5. Shape dough into 1″ balls and roll into the cinnamon mixture.
  6. Place 2″ appart on ungreased baking sheet.
  7. Bake 8 – 10 minutes. The cookies will rise and then flatten out as they bake.

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