Snickerdoodle Bars

If you love snickerdoodles, you are going to love the bar version of the cookies.
They taste pretty much the same, but they take less effort.
No rolling the cookie dough into balls and dipping into cinnamon/sugar.

You will need a 9" square pan, greased.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Ingredients:

BARS-
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

TOPPING-
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix well.
Add the flour and baking soda.
When mixed well, spread the dough into the pan.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon for topping.
Sprinkle over the top.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until the bars test done with a toothpick.
Cool on a wire rack.

Cut into whatever size bars you want.

Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles are simple sugar cookies, rolled in balls and coated with cinnamon and sugar before baking.
Yummy!

These cookies need to be chilled before rolling and baking.


Ingredients:

1/2 cup(1 stick) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups flour

For rolling-
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon


In a mixing bowl, beat the butter til creamy.
Add the 1 cup sugar, baking soda, and cream of tartar.
Beat that well.
Scrape sides of bowl, if needed.
Mix in the vanilla extract and egg.
Blend in the flour.
Cover and chill for an hour.

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Get out some cookie sheets.

In a small bowl, mix the 2 Tablespoons sugar and cinnamon.
Take the cookie dough out of the fridge and roll it into balls. About 1 inch or so.
Roll the balls into the sugar/cinnamon mixture and put on cookie sheets.
Bake for 10-11 minutes until set and edges are golden.

You will get about 36 cookies.