Snickerdoodles

My husbands favorite cookies... or so i thought. I discovered after making these that his favorite thing about them is the dough... and sadly i had them all made by the time he got home. Whoops! These are the snickerdoodles i grew up making, the recipe is from my mommy.

Ingredients:
- 1 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 3/4 cup flour
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a large bowl mix together shortening, sugar and eggs with a blender until creamy (about 2-3 minutes). Add in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Stir until well mixed.

Shape dough into small balls and roll in a Cinnamon/Sugar mixture
- 2 tbls sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon

place on cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.