Snicker Doodle Cookies

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup of shortening

1 1/2 cup of sugar

2 3/4 cup of flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

2 eggs

2 tsp cream of tartar

1/4 tsp salt

Cinnamon/sugar to roll cookies in

 

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, add cream shortening and butter. Then add the 1 1/4 cups of sugar and the eggs. Cream (mix) these ingredients until light and fluffy. After the ingredients are light and fluffy, add flour, cream of tarter, baking soda, and salt; stir until well blended.

 

In a small separate bowl, combine the cinnamon and sugar together.

 

Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Then roll these balls into the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Continue doing this until all the dough is used up. Then place the balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart from each other. Place in oven and bake for about 8 to 10 minutes, or until light brown. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.

*Note: cookies puff when they begin to bake and then flatten out with crinkled tops. Yields about 8 cookies.

 

REFLECTION:

When these delicious treats were made, we forgot to add the eggs and the sugar before we started to mix them up. When we finally did add up all these ingredients, we did not make them as light and fluffy as was wanted, so when all the dry ingredients were added, there were large chunks of butter. At first we were unable to identify what the ingredient was, but after smelling and toughing it, we realized that it was a large chunk of butter. This resulted in us having to mix all the ingredients together for a longer time than needed. So, a tip is to actually mix the butter, eggs, cream shortening, and sugar together well, so that no ingredient can be seen by itself! Also, when rolling the dough in the cinnamon and sugar mixture, make sure that every part of the dough is covered, but do not put too much on the dough.

This delicious treat is perfect for parties and little goody bag treats! It will be difficult to keep the children's sticky fingers from snatching at these cookies. Not only will the children be gobbling them down, so will the guests, so make sure there are enough made! :)