Snickerdoodles

15 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 c. soft shortening (part butter)
  • 1 1/2 c. sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 3/4 c. sifted Gold Medal flour
  • 2 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 1/2 c. sifted confectioners sugar
  • 1 c. butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring
  • 2 1/2 c. sifted Gold Medal flour
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1 tsp. cream of tartar

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix sugar and butter.
  2. 2
    Add egg and flavorings; mix thoroughly. Sift dry ingredients together and stir in.
  3. 3
    Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.
  4. 4
    Heat oven to 375° (quick moderate).
  5. 5
    Divide dough in half and roll out on lightly floured pastry cloth to 3/16-inch thick. (Roll very thin for crisp cookies.)
  6. 6
    Cut as many cookies from each rolling as possible.
  7. 7
    Sprinkle with sugar.
  8. 8
    Place on lightly greased baking sheet.
  9. 9
    Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until delicately golden.
  10. 10
    Makes 5 dozen 2 to 2 1/2-inch cookies.

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