Colored Sugar Variation: Add 2 teaspoons cinnamon to flour mixture. For coating, instead of cinnamon and sugar mixture, combine 3 tablespoons colored sugar with 3 tablespoons granulated sugar.
Snickerdoodles
1 cup Butter Flavor Crisco Shortening
2 cups sugar, divided
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Cream Butter Flavor Crisco Shortening, 1 1/2cups sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla in large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
Combine flour. cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Mix into creamed mixture. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
Combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar and cinnamon in small bowl. Roll balls of dough in mixture. (Sugar mixture can be put in zip lock bag. Put 2 to 3 dough balls at a time in bag. Shake to sugar coat dough.) Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
Bake at 400 degrees for 7 to 8 minutes. Remove to cooling rack.
