Snickerdoodles

My mom has a snickerdoodle recipe that I've tried, but she doesn't make them very often--she tends to make Eggnog Snickerdoodles every Christmas, not normal Snickerdoodles. Labor Day Weekend these were the second cookies I made--I wanted something easy that I already had all the ingredients for. This was SO EASY. Almost easier tahn Toll House Chocolate Chip cookies--THAT EASY. And fun to roll the cinnamon and sugar on the balls of cookie dough, too! These were realllly good snickerdoodles, too--my friends loved them!

Snickerdoodles
Recipe from Allrecipes

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

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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.

Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.