Snickerdoodles

when i was about 10 years old i "invented" a cookie that had cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on top. they were my brother's favorite. but his preferred action to take when i was baking them was to hover around the kitchen when i was baking and right as i took a sheet of hot cookies out of the oven and placed them on the counter he would lean over - just as close as if he was going to inhale a nice big cloud of the delicious smell- and let out a supernatural, teenage male burp. he would burp all over my hot cookies. would you like to eat those cookies? yeah i'm still not sure where he came up with that little number, but it was executed in perfect elder brother style.

so anyways, he liked these cinnamon cookies i would make; and being a teenage boy he would eat somewhere around a dozen in one sitting (along with the infamous 32 oz "big gulp" of milk) while watching a new episode of the simpsons or beavis and butt-head. unfortunately a few years later i figured out that i was most definitely not the inventor of cookies with cinnamon and sugar. yes it is true- i did not invent snickerdoodles.

i am personally not a huge fan of these cookies, but i seem to be the only one. these are the first thing i ever baked for josh, and like my big bro he ate a ton of them. they are always welcome when i bring myself to make them. so here's to it!

SNICKERDOODLES

8oz butter

1 1/2c sugar

2 eggs

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

2 3/4c flour

1/4 tsp salt

3 tbs sugar

1 tbs cinnamon

*cream the butter and sugar together to smooth and fluffy

* add in egg one at a time beating well between each

* sift together the flour, baking powder and salt

* add to the flour mixture to the butter mixture, combine

* cover in plastic and chill for 2 hours

* preheat oven to 350F

*combine the cinnamon and sugar in a plate

* roll chilled dough into 1" balls and then roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture

* place on your prepared cookie sheet and cook for 10-13 minutes