Easy Snickerdoodles
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup margarine or butter
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
To roll the cookies
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix ¾ cups of the flour, the sugar, baking soda and cream of tartar in a medium sized bowl. Use either soft margarine, or melt the butter.
- Add to the dry ingredients along with the vanilla and the beaten egg. Mix until well combined, either by hand or with an electric mixer.
- Add the remaining ¾ cup of flour and continue mixing until the flour in completely incorporated into the dough.
- You could chill the dough at this point which would make it easier to work with, but who has time for that? Not me. Form dough into 1 inch balls (maybe a little bigger) and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. I can usually get 24 cookies from this recipe.
- Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 10-11 minutes, or until just starting to brown around the edges.