Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles

What’s more Christmas than Snickerdoodle cookies?  These are Swedish style Snickerdoodles.

Preheat oven to 400°

1 cup butter flavored Crisco (+2 Tbsp water)

1½ cups sugar

3 egg whites

1 egg

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cream of tartar

¼ tsp ground ginger

¼ tsp cinnamon

2¾ cups flour

¼ cup sugar + 1 tsp cinnamon

Cream butter and sugar together, add egg whites and egg and mix until well blended.  Combine flour, salt, baking soda, cream of tartar ginger and cinnamon together and stir until blended.  Add to creamed mixture mix well.  Drop by spoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake 400° for ten minutes.  Remove from cookie sheet and transfer to wire rack immediately.  Sprinkle hot cookies with cinnamon sugar mixture.

  

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