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When I was a kid, I loved making this recipe. My mom called them Squish Cookies, and every year I couldn’t wait for her to call us to the kitchen to wash our hands, pull up our sleeves, and use our little fingers to mix the ingredients into dough, literally “by hand”. I use my Kitchen Aid mixer now, but they still taste good!

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon

Heat oven to 400. Mix 1 1/2 C sugar, butter, shortening, and eggs. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Shape into 1 1/4 inch balls.

Mix 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set; cool.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Thanks to Betty Crocker’s Cookbook, Seventh Edition for this recipe.