[Snickerdoodles]

I didn't grow up on these, like so many.  In our house - it was my mom's chocolate chip cookies - or an Oreo *wink*.  But for the last 3 weeks, I have made batches of various Snickerdoodles - trying new recipes, different recipes ... trying to find the PERFECT one.  This was it ... 

Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:  (yield 24-30 cookies)

1 cup butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 large eggs

2 and 3/4 cups flour

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

topping:

3 tbsp sugar

3 tbsp cinnamon 

(small batch :: yield 12-15 cookies)

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 and 3/8 cups flour

1 tsp cream of tartar

1/8 tsp salt

Directions:

- preheat oven to 350F.

- mix butter, sugar and eggs thoroughly in a bowl.

- combine flour, creamt of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.

- blend dry ingredients into butter mixture.

- chill dough, and chill an ungreased cookie sheet for 10-15minutes in the fridge.

- meanwhile, mix 3 tbsp sugar and 3 tsp cinnamon in a small dish.

- after chilled, coop 1 inch globs of cookie dough into the cinnamon mixture.

-  coat gently by rolling balls of dough in the sugar mixture.

- place on chilled ungreased cookie sheet, and bake 12minutes.

- remove from pan immediately.