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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 dozen 330g

Recipe makes 3 dozen)

Calories 1498
Calories from Fat 654 (43%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 72.7g 111%
Saturated Fat 18.3g 91%
Monounsaturated Fat 31.8g
Polyunsaturated Fat 18.8g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 141mg 47%
Sodium 857mg 35%
Potassium 507mg 14%
Total Carbohydrate 198.5g 66%
Dietary Fiber 3.9g 15%
Sugars 108.9g
Protein 16.1g 32%

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Snickerdoodles

Recipe #50105 | 30 min | 20 min prep | add private note
MaryMc

By: MaryMc
Jan 6, 2003

My aunt Sis used to work summers as a cook for a California Division of Forestry firefighting crew. These were one of their favorites (and mine!)

3 dozen (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream shortening, 1-1/2 cups sugar, and eggs.
  2. 2
    Sift flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt together and add to sugar mixture.
  3. 3
    Mix together 2 tbsp sugar and cinnamon.
  4. 4
    Roll dough into balls the size of small walnuts and roll in cinnamon sugar.
  5. 5
    Place two inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 400°F for ten minutes, or until lightly browned.
  6. 6
    Cookies will puff up, then flatten out with crinkled tops.

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From: Lauralie41

On Apr 17, 2009

Snickerdoodles are one of my favorite cookies and this is a great recipe. I did use butter flavored Crisco sticks and they worked nicely for these cookies. Easy to make and fun to roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Will put this in my favorites cookbook! Thank you MaryMc for sharing your aunt Sis's recipe with us. Made and reviewed for Pick A Chef 2009.

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    From: mydesigirl

    On Apr 15, 2009

    These were very good! I halved the recipe so that we could try them. I used egg beaters in place of the egg but that's the only thing that I did differently. My cookies puffed and never flattened. They were pretty though! Thanks so much for posting!

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  • From: Chef #793353

    On Jan 23, 2009

    I make cookies from scratch and have sold them all over the world. I was at home today and even though I see and eat and smell cookies all of the time, I was hungry for a snickerdoodle. I tried this recipe and using my small cookie scoop it made 3 1/2 dozen cookes that were excellent. I cooked at 375 for 6-8 minutes. Every pan was perfect.

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    From: Sharlene~W

    On Dec 3, 2007

    I was looking to see if Paula Deen's Snickerdoodles from her Kitchen Classic cookbook was already posted. Your recipe is exactly the same as the one she uses except she suggests setting oven at 350°F and cooking for 8-10 minutes. I plan to try them next time the kiddies ask for Snickerdoodles and I will post a review. In the meantime, I am adding your recipe to my Paula Deen collection. Thanks for posting!

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