PERFECT SNICKERDOODLES Recipe
Posted on December 7, 2011 by The Southern Lady
These cookies will melt in your mouth! The sugar and cinnamon make them so tasty. A great holiday cookie for a gift or just anytime. Your friends and family will love these cookies!
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
Mix butter, sugar, and eggs with mixer in a large bowl. Add cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and vanilla and continue mixing. Add flour and mix well. Put flour in refrigerator for about 20 minutes. In a smaller bowl mix the 3 tablespoons of sugar and the 3 teaspoons of cinnamon. Remove flour and roll into balls with your hands about the size of a walnut. Roll balls in cinnamon and sugar and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Cook in preheated 350 degree oven 10 – 12 minutes. Remove the cookies from the pan as soon as you take them from the oven. Makes about 3 dozen cookies. Enjoy!