Snickerdoodles

Okay I already have a recipe for snickerdoodles but uses shortening and I'm trying to get away from using partially hydrogenated oils.  This recipe from jamiecooksitup.blogspot.com uses all butter and adds baking powder, less salt, tad bit more flour.  Also the coating is at different ratios also.  Whenever I make my recipe with all butter, they don't turn out quite right, so I'm hoping with these changes I will be making yummy snickerdoodles again!

Cookie Dough:
1 C butter, softened
1 1/2 C sugar
2 eggs
3 C flour
2 t cream of tartar
1 t baking soda
2 t baking powder
1/8 t salt

Cinnamon Sugar Coating:
3 T sugar
1 1/2 t cinnamon
 

1. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes folks.  Add the eggs and cream for about 2 minutes more. This is a really important step. Creaming the dough at this point will give you soft chewy cookies later on in the game. 
2. In a separate bowl combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add it to your creamed mixture. Mix until all ingredients are combined.
3. In a small bowl mix together the cinnamon sugar coating. Roll the dough into balls and roll it around in the coating.
4. Place the cookies on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Don't set them too close to each other. You want them to have room to spread out and not have to touch each other while they bake.
5. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes. You only want to bake them until the outsides crack. Then take them out and let them finish cooking on the hot cookie sheet.  Yields 48 cookies.  Enjoy!

REVIEW:  I made these tonight and they were yum!  I have found my new snickerdoodles recipe!