snickerdoodles, john's

Name: Snickerdoodles, John's
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) soft shortening (part oleo); 3 cup(s) sugar; 4 eggs; 5 1/2 cup(s) flour; 4 teaspoon(s) cream of tartar; 2 teaspoon(s) soda; 3/4 teaspoon(s) salt; ## MIXTURE FOR ROLLING COOKIES:; 2 tablespoon(s) sugar; 2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon

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Megan Stewart

Middletown, OH

Updated on Jan 8, 2021

John van Grinsven 1st made these cookies in the 1970s, in his high school home economics class (Kimberly High School, Kimberly Wisconsin). makes lots, approximately 5 dozen.

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yield makes about 5 dozen cookies

Ingredients

2 cups soft shortening (part oleo)
3 cups sugar
4 eggs
5 1/2 cups flour
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 teaspoons soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
MIXTURE FOR ROLLING COOKIES:
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

How To Make snickerdoodles, john's

Step 1

Combine all ingredients; chill dough. Form into walnut sized balls and roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake 8-10 min at 350 degrees.
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