Snickerdoodles

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
6 Tbsp. Sugar
6 tsp. cinnamon

• Heat oven to 400 degrees
• Mix 1 1/2 cups sugar, butter, shortening and eggs in a large bowl. Stir in the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
• Shape dough by rounded teaspoons into balls. Mix the remaining sugar and cinnamon, and roll the balls in the mixture until coated. Place about two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake until set, eight to 10 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to cool.

Makes about 6 dozen cookies