Snickerdoodles. Sugar cookies with a funny name

Snickerdoodles

This is a recipe  from Betty Crocker's Cooky Book.

1 cup shortening (we have used coconut oil before and they turned out great.  I also have used Crisco and that is great too.  I like that these cookies can be mixed by hand.  You don't have to bust out an electric mixer.)
1 to 1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp.cream of tartar
1 tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. salt

2 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. cinnamon

Heat oven to 400 degrees.  Mix shortening, sugar and eggs thoroughly. Blend flour, cream of tartar, soda, and salt;  stir into shortening mixture.  Shape dough in 1" balls.  Roll in the mixture of 2 Tbsp. sugar and 2 Tbsp. cinnamon.  Place 2" apart on an ungreased baking sheet.  Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. These cookies puff up at first, then flatten out.  Makes 6 dozen cookies.