Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:

½ cup butter, softened

½ cup shortening

1 ½ cups sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

2 ¾ cups flour

2 tsp. cream of tartar

1 tsp. baking soda

¼ tsp. salt

2 Tbs. sugar

2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees

Cream together butter, shortening, 1 ½ cups sugar, eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, baking 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 7-9 min. or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.