Snickerdoodles

I've tried several recipes for Snickerdoodles, but this is the best I've found. These cookies are soft and chewy while others become dry and crumbly.

Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook

• 1 C. butter
• 2 C. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3 C. flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
  
  
• 2 T. sugar
• 2 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F; grease cookie sheets.

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients, gradually add to creamed mixture. Roll balls of dough in cinnamon-sugar and place on prepared cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes or until edges are golden-brown.