Hmm, maybe I should bake something.
About time for cinnamon-sugar cookies, maybe. (I don’t call them by their dumb-sounding popular name.) They always seem festive to me, even without added decorations.
Cinnamon-Sugar Cookies
Preheat oven to 350.
Cream together:
1 cup softened butter or margarine* (I use 1 stick each)
1½ cups white sugar
Add:
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Then sift together & add:
2¾ cups flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
Make into little balls (chill 1 hr. first if necessary for manageability) and roll in ½ sugar – ½ cinnamon mixture (2 tbsp. each should do). I make them smaller than golf balls—maybe about 1” diameter or a little more.
Bake on greased sheet or parchment, 5 – 8 minutes (my oven needs longer). Watch out—they’re round and will roll off! Be sure to keep the baking sheet level on the way into the oven.
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*Margarine: some brands these days have very high water content and melt down very badly, leaving insubstantial, collapsed cookies that you can’t even slide off the sheet—they just accordion onto themselves. Check composition and choose carefully.