Finally! Snickerdoodles!

So, you may have heard, Unicorn Treatment #6 and FINAL!!! (hopefully) happened last week in Chair # 4....All went well, as can be expected anyway. Platelet counts were up and I was feeling pretty well.  Ya, there six of us :) After we celebrated with my other favorite thing....BUBBLES! The certificate is in the mail.....All the girls went.....Becky, Mom, Rachel, Laurie, and Kamryn.

You might think that a possey would be new or different...It was not, in fact we had one of the smaller groups. Since school was off and others did not work, they all came to Infusion to sit with their person. It was really important to me that Kamryn was a part of all of this. She was captivated by the puzzle shelf and spent most of her time there.  I don't think we need to worry about a career in the medical field for her. She really did not seem interested, but she watched everything.....she is stealthy like that.

So when it came time for the cookie.....I got a cookie, a really good peanut butter and M&M one. Actually I had 2....they were that good! But I was still craving a Snickerdoodle! So through the week I would find a recipe and leave assorted cookbooks open to the super simple recipes....

I have to admit I had a rough week....there was the usual chemo fog, limpness, spaghetti arms, exhaustion, achey, and lack of comfort.....this week we added some gastro fun that I will spare you the details....We also added a respiratory virus...yup that was fun. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were especially quiet, since it hurt to talk....so I missed some meetings and gatherings that I was looking forward to :(    Missing 3-4 fun things in 6 months is not too bad I thought....

So needless to say, I did not feel like baking myself a batch of Snickerdoodles....The open cookbooks reminded me that I have a dream!....and everyone should have  a dream! This week mine is to munch on a cinnamminie sweet cookie that explodes with flavor and and a party in your mouth....

I cannot explain what has me so obsessed with the tiny sugar cookie....I never really noticed them before....perhaps it is just the taste changes in my mouth....and there is something uncomplicated about the simple and sweet taste of the unassuming Snickerdoodle....

So today, I choose one of the twenty-five or so recipes that I picked and mixed it up....and now we wait for the dough to chill, so we can bake them into the crispy gooie goodness known as a Snickerdoodle!

Snickerdoodles

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup soft crisco
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

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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. Chill the dough.
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4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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6. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
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8. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
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10. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.