maleficent

These I happen to know are Santas Personal favorites...

Snickerdoodles
1 cup butter flavored Crisco (in the stick) (you could use butter, but eh - the crisco makes for a much less fragile cookie)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 1/2 -3 cups sifted flour (depends on the weather)

3 tbs sugar
3 tsp cinnamon

Sift flour, salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar together and set aside. Mix Crisco and sugar in a mixing bowl, add eggs and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture. Refridgerate dough in plastic wrap for about an hour. Form dough into in balls size of marbles.

Roll the balls in mixture of 3 tbs sugar and 3 tsp cinnamon.

Bake on greased and floured cookie (or use parchment) sheet 10 minutes at 400°F.

If you decide to make a bigger cookie, they take a little longer to cook.

For cheating chef types, you can use the slice and bake cookie dough from the dairy case and form into balls and roll the sugar mixture and bake.

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