Snickerdoodle Cookies

Snickerdoodle, what a silly name.  I was curious about the history of this cookie covered in sugar and cinnamon.  So, I look them up and found out that the were first baked in 1891 by Cornelia Campbell Bedford.   She was a cooking teacher and writer from New York.   Cornelia was working on a recipe for the Cleveland Baking Powder Company when she came up with the recipe for this cookie.  She published the recipe and it went viral.  Did things go viral back then?  Anyway, if you have never had this cookie before they are a must to try.    There are some cookie recipes that I don't always have the correct ingredients on hand, however I  always have what I need to make these.

This recipe comes from my Better Crocker Cookbook that was given to me by Ethel Roberts, my Grandmother.  I have used this book so much it started to fall apart.  I used packing tape to hold the binding together.  My daughter Jennifer saw it one day and said, "You know Mom you can still buy that Cook Book".   I opened up the front page with a handwritten note from my Grandmother, "To Bonnie whom is a bonny cook  From Grandma Roberts 1974".  My reply to Jen, but it won't have this inside.  Call me sentimental, I love this book for so many reasons!

Ingredients 

1/2 cup butter softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix together and set aside:
2 Tablespoons sugar
2 Teaspoons cinnamon

Cream butter, shorting, sugar and eggs until creamy.  Mix dry ingredients together and stir.  Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until all the flour is incorporated.  Mix the 2 Tablespoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon in a small bowl.  

Shape the dough by taking a teaspoon full of dough and rolling into a ball, I like to use a small scoop so the cookies are uniform in size.  Roll the dough in the cinnamon and sugar mixture.  Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.  Remove from oven and immediately transfer cookies to a cooking rack.