Our First Post

Scott was just bitten by my snake, so I am going to start off with the first blog while he tends to his wounds. We just baked some scrumptious snickerdoodle cookies (from my NEW oven!) for my friend Naif in payment for him dropping me off at the airport last week. We found this recipe from: http://www.life123.com They must be good because my roommate Bobby likes them, and he "doesn't usually like Snickerdoodles, but approves of this batch."





Ingredients:

1 stick (half cup) unsalted butter (room temperature)

1/4 cup canola oil

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 eggs

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons white sugar

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Then cream together (in a mixer or by hand) the butter, oil and sugar. Next, add in the eggs and mix well. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and cream of tartar (I mixed these ingredients while I made Scott cream the wet ingredients by hand). Mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture until well-combined.

In a separate bowl mix together sugar and ground cinnamon. Make approximately one-inch size balls and roll them in this mixture. Place on a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart and flatten them. Bake for about 8-9 minutes. The cookies will stay pretty light in color, but will be firm when ready.

Eat and enjoy :)

-Irene & Scott