Mix together thoroughly:

1 cup soft shortening

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

Sift together and stir in:

2 3/4 cups flour

2 tsp. cream of tartar

1 tsp. soda

1/2 tsp. salt

Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of small walnuts. Roll in 2 tsp. cinnamon and 2 Tbsp. sugar. Place on greased baking sheet. Bake until lightly brown but still soft. (These cookies puff up at first then flatten out with crinkled tops.) Makes 5 dozen.