Or, how I got this…

…from this:

And all I have to say is OH, YUM! I don’t know if I ever tried a snickerdoodle before the MOPS craft show. But the chaplain’s kids had a booth selling crocheted things and baked goods, and Topher bought some snickerdoodles from them. Oh my goodness, were they GOOD!

I don’t know what recipe they used, but here’s the one I went with.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (though I really put in more)
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Mix of cinnamon and sugar for rolling the cookies in

1. Preheat the to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Cream together butter, shortening, and 1 1/2 cups sugar
3. Mix in eggs and vanilla.
   
4. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt.
   
5. Add the flour mixture to the wet stuff and mix until combined.
6. Shape dough into balls. I scooped out a spoonful, then dropped it in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and rolled it around.
7. Place balls 2 inches apart on baking sheets. I don’t know what it is, but they stuck to my baking sheet in one batch, but in the other, they didn’t… so you might want to spray or use parchment paper to be sure. Though I don’t know why they’d stick with all that butter and shortening!
8. Bake 8 minutes. They’ll be really soft, still. Let them cool for a couple minutes on the baking sheet, then remove them with a spatula and cool them on racks. They’ll firm up a little when they get cool, but they’ll still be delightfully chewy.