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Classic Snickerdoodles

**Makes 3 dozen cookies (using 1 tablespoon scoop)

**Preheat oven 400*F.

Ingredients:

*2 and 3/4 cups All-purpose Flour

*1 teaspoon Baking Soda

*2 teaspoons Cream of Tartar

*1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt

*1/2 cup Butter, room temperature

*1/2 cup Butter Flavored Shortening, like Crisco

*1 and 1/2 cups Sugar

*2 Eggs, room temperature

Sugar and Cinnamon Mixture

Stir together in a small bowl:

*2 tablespoons Sugar

*2 to 3 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon

Topping:

*Optional, Gold Sprinkles

Directions:

Sift together the dry ingredients, into a bowl: Flour, soda, cream of Tatar and salt and set aside.

Cream together in a bowl using a wooden spoon: Sugar, butter and shortening, mix until light and creamy, add 1 egg at a time, mix in and then add the second egg mix until incorporated. Then add 1/3 of the dry ingredients at a time, mix until combined.

Using a cookie scoop and scoop out dough and shape into balls and roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Place dough balls on a 1/2 baking sheet with Silpat or parchment paper. (12 cookies per sheet)

Bake cookies for 8 to 10 minutes. I baked my cookies for 8 minutes and let them cool on baking sheet before removing.

Recipe adapted from my Dad’s Central Milling Cook Book

Enjoy!

Lindy

Jack Frost Winter Mocktail

**Recipe is for 1 Mocktail

*1/2 cup crushed Ice

*1/4 cup Pineapple Juice

*1 to 2 tablespoons Blue Curaçao

*1 to 2 tablespoons Cream of Coconut, not coconut milk

*1/4 cup Sparkling White Grape Juice or White Cranberry Juice

Coconut Rims on Glasses (This will be enough to dip around 8 glasses, depending on the size of glasses)

*8 Serving (margarita) glasses, dip the rims of the glasses in a shallow bowl or plate with a 1 to 2 tablespoon light corn syrup or a simple syrup spread on plate. Then dip the rim of the glass in another shallow bowl or plate with 1/3 cup finely shredded coconut .

In a blender or cocktail shaker add the ice, pineapple juice, blue curaçao and cream of coconut. Pulse in blender 2 to 3 times or shake in cocktail shaker.

Pour blended/shaken mixture into a prepared serving glass and then add the sparkling white grape juice or white cranberry Juice. Serve immediately.