Dad's Favorite Snickerdoodles

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup margarine (i usually use imperial)
• 1/2 cup shortening (crisco)
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (omit cream of tartar,salt and baking soda if using self rising flour)
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 2 tablespoons sugar (approx to roll balls in)
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon (to mix with sugar topping)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 in small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon for topping mix. set aside.
• 3 in large mixing bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups sugar, the margarine, shortening, vanilla and eggs. i find the texture of the cookies best if i stick to this margarine/shortening ratio.
• 4 sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
• 5 mix thoroughly into wet mixture (eggs/butter, etc).
• 6 shape into balls- i usually make a heaping teaspoonful-depends on your preference.
• 7 roll tops of balls into sugar/cinnamon mixture to coat.
• 8 place approximately 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake 8-10 minutes until set.
• 9 remove cookies immediately from sheet to rack to cool.
• 10 tip- i find best results also when i refrigerate the dough/balls between batches until they are baked. this keeps them from spreading out as much.
• 11 enjoy! ;).