Birthday Snickerdoodles: A Doodlin' Song

Birthdays in my family are special and this weekend is my brother's birthday so we have been celebrating for several days already!  One of his favorite cookies is snickerdoodles.  So I made them today!

In honor of this tasty cinnamon sugar coated cookie, today's song is "A Doodlin' Song" sung by Peggy Lee and Bing Crosby.  I figure "Doodlin'" and "Snickerdoodles" go together, right?


SNICKERDOODLES

Cookies:
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Crisco
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cream of tartar
2 3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt

Coating:
3 Tbl. sugar
3 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a medium bowl cream butter, Crisco, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.

In a small bowl stir cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and flour together.  Add to butter mixture

Mix 3 tablespoons of sugar and 3 teaspoons of sugar together and put on a plate.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture.  Place on parchment paper lined baking sheets.

Bake for 8 minutes.