Snickerdoodles ~ March Cookie of the Month

I know it's late in the game but I finally got around to sending cookies to Todd's teacher. These cookies turned out great and they were really easy to make. Reagan was a huge help and enjoyed rolling the cookies into a ball.

Snickerdoodles

3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. cream of tarter
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs

1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cream of tarter, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Using a mixer, cream the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add in eggs. Slowly add the flour mixture. Mix until well blended.

Mix the 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon.

Shape the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until light and golden. Don't over bake these.

Yields: 3 dozen

Novemeber Cookie of the Month ~ Soft Gingersnaps

2 c sugar
1 1/2 c shortening
2 eggs
1/2 c molasses
4 c flour
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

Mix first four ingredients well, then add the remaining ingredients. Roll into balls and roll in sugar. Crystal or raw sugar is the prettiest. Bake at 350 degrees for 11 to 13 minutes.

Fall Kisses

We made this for Todd's teacher, Miss Moretti, for the October Cookie of the Month. This is so easy to make. Miss Moretti requested the recipe! You can only find these particular kisses around fall time and I found them at Target.

Get someone to peel all the kisses from their wrappers. You may have to buy an extra bag because these kisses are hard to resist.

1 Spice Cake Mix
14 oz can pumpkin
1/2 cup sanding sugar (I didn't have any so I used regular)
1 bag Hershey's Pumpkin Spice Kisses

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixer beat the cake mix and pumkin until well combined, about 45 seconds. With a cookie scoop, scroop dough and roll top half in sanding sugar (dough is sticky) then place onto baking sheet. Bake for 11-13 minutes, or until cooked through. Quickly transfer to a cooling rack and immediately press kisses into the center of each cookie. I immediately place cooling rack into the fridge for 15 minutes so the kisses don't melt.

Makes 36 cookies.