Mrs. Sigg's Snickerdoodles

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 
• 2  eggs 
• 2.8 cups flour all-purpose
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup shortening 
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 2 tablespoons sugar white

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
3. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon.
4. Roll balls of dough in mixture.
5. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
6. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard.
7. Remove immediately from baking sheets.