Snickerdoodles 1 cup margerine 1 cup vegetable shortening, such as Crisco® 3 cups sugar 4 eggs 5 1/2 cups flour 4 tsp. cream of tartar 2 tsp. soda 1/2 tsp. salt 4 T. sugar 4 tsp. cinnamon Preparation - Cream together the margarine, Crisco®, sugar and eggs. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and mix well to form a soft cookie dough; set aside. In a small bowl combine 4 T. sugar and 4 tsp. cinnamon; mix well. Form small amounts of cookie dough into 1" to 1-1/2" round balls. Roll each ball of dough in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place the coated balls of dough, about 3 inches apart, on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake in a preheated oven at 400º for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool the baked cookies completely before storing in an airtight container. ~go back~