A Recipe

Day 21

Since I have plenty of other things to do, I do not cook much. I would rather be lazy and have my mother, the brilliant chef, make my food. But one time I baked cookies with my friend, Allie, and following the recipe was pretty easy. The recipe we used was a family recipe, so you probably can't find it online. I will give you the recipe for the legendary SNICKER DOODLES!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
3. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.

Thank goodness we have copying and pasting these days.

♥ Abigail ♥