Snickerdoodles

Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 6:40am ·

(These are our most favorite camp cookies!)

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups sifted flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 cup shortening
Mixture for later
(2T. sugar & 2 tsp. cinnamon)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400°.
Cream shortening and sugar. Beat in eggs.
Sift flour with other dry ingredientsand add to mixture.
You may need to stir by hand as dough gets stiffer.
With your hands roll into balls smaller than a walnut.
Then gently roll each ball into
mixture of 2 T. sugar and 2 t. cinnamon.
Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
They spread out a lot on cookie sheet.
Bake until lightly browned, but still soft.
You can't tell they're done with a toothpick.
Cookies puff up at first, then flatten out.
Bake in 400° oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
Remove quickly from cookie sheet
to cookie rack or they will stick to pan.

Makes about 5 dozen 2 inch cookies.