December 17, 2011

• Uncle Charlie’s Snickerdoodles

                 Snickerdoodles

   

  Makes about 48 of the suckers;

  1 cup butter or shortening

  1-1/2 cups granulated sugar

  2 large eggs

  2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour

  2 teaspoons cream of tartar (do not snort)

  1 teaspoon baking soda

  Cinnamon and sugar mixed to taste (about 1/4 cup sugar to 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon is a good mixture….)

  
      Preheat oven to 400F. Mix together butter and sugar until smooth, then add eggs, cream of tartar, and baking soda. Stir in flour until well mixed. Roll into balls about 1″ in diameter and roll in cinnamon and sugar to coat. Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake 8-10 minutes. Cookies are done when they are just barely browning.

      I have grandkids and over indulgent relatives, so I stash half the cookies in an old plastic  Parkay Margarine tub and stick it in the fridge. No one wants to spread flavored Vaseline on their toast, so it will be safe in the tub. The rest of the cookies I place in the cracked cookie jar that Wifey pulls out every Christmas because it sorta looks like an elf, but really looks like something marching in a Mardi Gras parade. 

      A cold class of milk or a cup of good strong coffee and a few of these Snickerdoodles, along with a good DVD, and you’ll be set and content for the evening. Just be careful not to eat too many as they will tend to cause your colon to produce Snickerdoodle bricks.

   

  

  
  

   

   

   

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