Great American Cookies Snickerdoodles By Todd Wilbur

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (for topping)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (for topping)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars with an electric mixer on high speed.
• 2 add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• 3 in another bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
• 4 pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix well.
• 5 preheat oven to 300 degrees while you let the dough rest for 30 to 60 minutes in the refrigerator.
• 6 in a small bowl, combine the sugar with the cinnamon for the topping.
• 7 take about 2 1/2 tablespoons of the dough and roll it into a ball.
• 8 roll this dough in the cinnamon/sugar mixture and press it onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 9 repeat for the remaining cookies.
• 10 bake the cookies for 12 to 14 minutes and no more.
• 11 the cookies may seem undercooked, but will continue to develop after they are removed from the oven.
• 12 when the cookies have cooled they should be soft and chewy in the middle.
• 13 makes 16 to 18 cookies.