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Snickerdoodles (“Grandma Cookies”) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup shortening (half butter or margarine)
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. sugar (for topping)
2 Tbsp. cinnamon (for topping)
Directions:
Directions:
Heat oven to 400 degrees
Mix shortening, sugar and eggs thoroughly
Measure flour and stir together with cream of tartar, soda and salt
Blend flour mixture in with egg mixture
Form dough into approximately 1 inch balls
Roll balls in a mixture of the sugar and cinnamon topping
Place about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet
Press each ball down slightly with hand to flatten
Bake 8-10 minutes (remove before cookies brown at edges; do not overbake)
Remove from cookie sheet and let cool
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
If you ask me, there simply is not a more delicious cookie than a snickerdoodle, and it has a great name to boot. I first learned to love snickerdoodles as a child when my Mother made them as a special treat. As I recall, it was once a year at Sukkos time. Although I tasted Snickerdoodles only once a year at most, the unique taste and texture never left me. So, when I married, I made it my mission to find a Snickerdoodle recipe that would let me relive the experience, and I finally found it. My children enjoyed them, and now they bear the name “Grandma Cookies,” since I have often baked and transported these cookies for my grandchildren. Fortunately, they seem to love the taste as much as I do, and I get to relive my childhood favorite along with them.

- Sharon

 

 

 

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