Snickerdoodles

I decided yesterday, that snickerdoodles are the perfect Christmas cookie. I love snickerdoodles and feel like it is a cookie that is pretty hard to dislike- so I made a double batch of these and wrapped them up to give away.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter (1 stick) softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Topping

2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Cream together the butter and sugars with a mixer on high speed.
2. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth
3. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and cream of tartar.
4. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and mix well.
5. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees while you let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 30 to 60 minutes.
6. In a small bowl, combine the sugar with the cinnamon for the topping.
7. Roll the dough into balls, roll the dough balls in the topping and place on an ungreased cookie sheet (I like to line my cookie sheets with parchment paper- I think the cookies cook more evenly).
8. Bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes and no more (this is important- the cookies WILL look underdone but they continue to develop once they are out of the oven).
9. When the cookies have cooled they should be soft and chewy in the middle.