SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES WITH BETTY CROCKER CAKE MIX...B.C.

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick cookie sheets). Mix cake mix, butter and egg in large bowl with spoon until dough forms (some dry mix will remain). TIP: be sure to add butter a little at a time so dough doesn't get too sticky to handle.
• 2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Mix sugar and cinnamon in small bowl. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. TIP: for Super Snickerdoodles, shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and place them 3 inches apart on the cookie sheet; bake 12 to 14 minutes. You'll get about 26 large cookies (regular size yields about 30, even smaller you get about 36).
• 3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling racks. TIP: also, French vanilla cake mix is a great stand-in for the white cake mix.
• 4. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: Serving (1 Cookie)Calories 70 (Calories from Fat 25), Total Fat 3g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 95mg; Total Carbohydrate 9g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 5g), Protein 0g; Percent Daily Value*:Vitamin A 0.00%; Vitamin C 0.00%; Calcium 2.00%; Iron 0.00%; Exchanges:0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat; Carbohydrate Choices: 1/2; *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
• 5. TIP: add a little bit of cream of tartar to give them a more authentic snickerdoodle flavor.
• 6. ...a bit of history on Snickerdoodle Cookies. WIKI..The Joy of Cooking claims that snickerdoodles are probably German in origin, and that the name is a corruption of the German word Schneckennudeln (lit. "snail noodles")[3], a kind of pastry. A different author suggests that the word "snicker" comes from the Dutch word snekrad, or the German word Schnecke, which both describe a snail shape.[4] Yet another hypothesis suggests that the name has no particular meaning or purpose [5] and is simply a whimsically named cookie that originated from a New England tradition of fanciful cookie names