Recipes

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl, beat shortening, butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar, and eggs.

In another bowl, stir together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Blend dry ingredients into creamed shortening mixture.

Combine the 2 tablespoons of sugar and cinnmaon in a small bowl. Roll cookie dough into 1 inch balls and coat in the cinnmamon-sugar mixture. Place balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten with your hand or the underside of a glass.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. If you like your snickerdoodles soft with a slightly crispy outer edge, the key is to take them out of the oven when they look like they may need one more minute. They may look a little underdone, but take them out anyway and let them sit on the baking sheet for 2 minutes to firm up and then move them to a wire rack to cool.