Grandma's Snickerdoodles

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 mix the first three ingredients thoroughly and set aside.
• 3 in a separate bowl, mix the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. add the mixed dry ingredients to the first mixture.
• 4 dough may be chilled first. make balls the size of walnuts and roll in a mixture of the remaining sugar and cinnamon.
• 5 bake on an ungreased cookie sheet. do not place cookies too close together as the balls spread out.
• 6 bake for 8 to 10 minutes.