Cinnamon Cookies (Snickerdoodles)

For whatever reason, I became the cinnamon cookie (or snickerdoodle) baker in my family at a fairly young age...Still to this day, my brothers ask me to make these for them when we are together. They are soft...which I think sets them apart from other cinnamon cookie recipes...

Cinnamon Cookies

Cream:

1/2 cup shortening

1 cube butter

1 1/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

Add:

2 3/4 cup flour

2 tsp cream of tarter

1 tsp soda

1/2 tsp salt

Roll dough into balls the size of a golf ball. Roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 400 for 8 minutes.