Snickerdoodles

Title: Snickerdoodles
Subject: shortening; sugar; eggs; flour; cream of tartar; baking soda; salt; cinnamon
Description: SNICKERDOODLES
Preheat oven to 400°
Mix together thoroughly---(1 cup soft shortening
(1½ cups sugar
(2 eggs

(2 3/4 cups sifted flour
Sift together and stir in ( 2 tsp. cream tartar
(1 tsp. soda
(1/2 tsp. salt
Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of small walnuts.
Roll in a mixture of ----(2 tbsp. sugar
(2 tsp. cinnamon
Place about 2 in. apart on ungreased cooky sheet.

Back:
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in moderately hot oven (400),
until lightly browned--- but still soft. (These cookies
puff up at first----then flatten out with crinkled top.
Makes about 5 dozen 2 in. cookies.

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# Snickerdoodles

## Ingredients

- 1 cup soft shortening
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 3/4 cups sifted flour
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt

## Coating

- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon

## Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Mix together thoroughly: shortening, sugar, and eggs.
3. Sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt; stir into the shortening mixture.
4. Chill dough.
5. Roll dough into balls the size of small walnuts.
6. Roll balls in the mixture of sugar and cinnamon.
7. Place about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
8. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in a moderately hot oven (400°F), until lightly browned but still soft. (These cookies puff up at first, then flatten out with a crinkled top.)

Makes about 5 dozen 2-inch cookies.
Creator: Paula Guffey
Source: RCA0003 - VTG LG Wood Recipe Box Dove Tail w/Metal Hinges Full Of Recipes & Handwritten (eBay)
Date: 1950s
Rights: Personal/Family
Format: Typed recipe card
Identifier: RCA0003-20260513-0147
Coverage: Indiana, US