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Snickerdoodles _This recipe is a Work In Progress … I’m not 100% happy with how these are turning out as of yet. But, in the meantime, here’s what I’ve tried. They’re still tasty, though they collapse a bit more than I care for._ _“Doodles” — of which these are the best-known example — are cookies that rise and fall when baked, leaving them thin and chewy inside. The origin of the name is open to some dispute — the German Schneckennudel (“snail noodle”), which are a sort of cinnamon pastry brought to America by German immigrants. German immigrants in Pennsylvania also had a Snipdoodle coffee cake, which is another possibility._ _In any case, they are easy and tasty._ ### Ingredients * 1 c. Butter [1] * 1½ c. Sugar * 2 Eggs (I add another 1 for altitude correction) * 1 tsp. Vanilla extract —– * 2¾ c. Flour * 2 tsp. Cream of Tartar [2] * 1 tsp. Baking Soda [2] * ¼ tsp. Salt —– * 2 tbsp. Sugar * 1 tsp. Cinnamon ### Directions 1. Heat oven to 400° F (“moderately hot”) [3] —- 2. Mix thoroughly Butter [1], Sugar, Eggs. 3. Blend together Flour, Cream of Tartar [2], Baking Soda [2], Salt 4. Stir blend into the mixed body. 5. Refrigerate for at least one hour (or overnight). —– 6. Shape dough into 1″ balls (1 tbsp. or walnut size) 7. Roll balls in Sugar/Cinnamon mixture. 8. Place balls 2″ apart on an ungreased baking sheet. 9. Bake for 8-10 minutes. [3] **Makes** 6 doz. cookies (or so it says) ### Notes [1] The original Betty Crocker recipe calls for shortening _with_ butter or margarine. Using butter alone may be making them spread more, though the refrigeration should counter that some. [2] In theory, the 2 tsp Cream of Tartar and 1 tsp Baking Soda should be the same as 4 tsp Baking Powder. Some sources indicate that the Cream of Tartar actually adds a “tangy flavor” that should be in the cookie, differentiating it from a normal sugar cookie; that’s a variation to try. [3] The Betty Crocker recipe runs hotter than most: 400° for 8-10 minutes. The batch I ran with that collapsed pretty hard; possible variations are 12 minute, or more like 375° and even longer. **Source** : The classic _Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book_ (1933), originally submitted by Mrs. Ronald Anfinston, Benson, Minnesota, with a few added notes from elsewhere. https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/snickerdoodles.html