Snickerdoodle Spritz Cookies

I wanted to make up some new cookie recipes for the WPPC Living Nativity snacks. I decided to try a Snickerdoodle Spritz Cookie recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup  sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  (optional - I added this for more cinnamon flavor)
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 cups  all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
   

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat butter until fluffy. Beat in sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon until creamy.
2. Beat in vanilla and egg until fluffy.
3. Sprinkle salt over dough. Beat in flour until well blended.
   (Optional - chill dough for half an hour or so in refrigerator.)
4. In small container with a lid, mix up granulated sugar and cinnamon.
5. Fill cookie spritzer, and press dough onto ungreased cookie sheets. 
6. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over cookies.
7. Bake 7 minutes or until edges are light golden.
8. Let the cookies cool 5 minutes on the pan, then move to cooling racks.

Carole's Notes:

We liked these! The recipe makes lots of little cookies - maybe 70 or so. They are small, so you should eat several.

The recipe is lightly adapted from http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/snickerdoodle-spritz-cookies/84987ac1-cee3-4d9c-84d7-056e4f08761c