12 Days of Christmas Cookies: Snickerdoodles

So, this is the first cookie of what I hope will be a recurring tradition of holiday cooking baking. I wanted to start off a little easy, since I’ve never baked any of the cookies I have on my list before this year. These snickerdoodles are definitely going to become a household favorite. 

Snickerdoodles

 These cookies are soft, chewy, and irresistible. (I had to physically restrain J to keep him from eating the entire batch!) Bake for exactly 8 minutes, and make sure your cream of tartar and baking soda are fresh!

My Snickerdoodle Cookies - Don't they look delicious!?

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening like Spectrum Natural’s Organic Vegetable Shortening

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons white sugar

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

2. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar.

3. Beat in the eggs and the vanilla

4. Sift in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt.

5. Place the remaining sugar in a small bowl. Place the cinnamon in a small bowl.

6. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.

7. Roll balls of dough in the sugar. Then roll the dolls in the cinnamon.

8. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

9. Bake 8 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.