Recipe: Extra Cinnamon Snickerdoodles

Sunday was mine and the boyfriend's turn to host Dungeons and Dragons for the month. That meant we needed munchies, and plenty of them. So naturally cookies were baked. I decided to take the opportunity to make another one of my favorite classic cookies for the blog. This time I chose snickerdoodles, a big hit among any crowd - especially the nerdy and hungry. Now I am a big fan of cinnamon, so for my snickerdoodles I add glorious amounts of extra cinnamon to the recipe. And by that I mean I bake an extra 3 teaspoons into the actual dough, as opposed to just rolling them in the cinnamon/sugar mix.

Ingredients

For cookie:
2 3/4 c flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3 tsp cinnamon
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract


For coating:
3 Tbsp granulated sugar
3 tsp cinnamon

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a small bowl, mix flour, cream of tartar, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. Set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, butter, and shortening together until creamy with either a hand mixer or a standing mixer.
4. Add one egg at a time, beating between each egg until combined. Beat in vanilla extract.

5. Slowly add dry mix into the large mixing bowl, mixing thoroughly.

6. In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon for coating.

7. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll them one by one in the sugar/cinnamon coating and place on a baking dish.

8. Place in oven and cook for 8-10 minutes (my second batch got a little over cooked at 10 minutes, but all ovens are created different so use discretion when baking).

Thoughts from the Boyfriend
Very sweet.