Snickerdoodles

Adapted from the cookbook Cookies by Hilaire Walden

Yields: 30 cookies

Ingredients

For the dough:

½ cup butter, softened

1 ½ cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

¼ cup milk

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

pinch of salt

½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

For the coating:

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons cinnamon

Directions

1. Beat butter with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in sugar and vanilla extract. Beat in the eggs and the milk.
2. Mix flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix the dry ingredients into the butter/sugar/egg mixture. Mix in the walnuts.
3. Put the dough in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
5. For the coating, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
6. Roll the cookie dough into 1 ½ - inch balls. Roll them in the cinnamon-sugar mix, place them on a greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart, and flatten them slightly with your palm.
7. Bake the cookies for around 10 minutes, until golden. Let cool, and eat!