Easter Snickerdoodles Cookies

 

Happy Easter everyone! Traditionally on Good Friday, we color Easter Eggs but this year we have some other plans and will doing eggs tomorrow. But I felt the need to make something Easter-y this morning. I decided on making cookies. I didn't want anything with chocolate since I'm sure baskets will be filled with delicious chocolates on Sunday and wanted something cheerful and colorful and yummy. So I went with Snickerdoodles. I used spring colored sugar in place of white sugar mixed with the cinnamon. Oh Sooo Yummmy ... especially when they are still warm.

 

Easter Snickerdoodles ...

Makes about 4 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt

• For pink cookies:  2 Tbls pink sugar mixed with 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 
• For yellow cookies:  2 Tbls yellow sugar mixed with 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• For blue cookies:  2 Tbls blue sugar mixed with 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, mix together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together sugar and butter, add eggs and mix well.
4. Blend dry ingredients into to butter mixture.
5. Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
6. Roll each ball  in the sugar-cinnamon mixture.
7. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. (I like to use parchment paper to avoid the sugar from sticking to the pan or browning too much)
8. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Happy Easter!