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Joen's Recipes Snippy Doodles Ingredients Preheat oven: 350 degrees 2 (two) tablespoons shortening 2/3 (two-thirds) cup sugar (granulated) 1 (one) cup flour 1/8 (one-eighth) teaspoon salt 1 (one) teaspoon baking powder 1 (one) teaspoon cinnamon ? (one-half) cup milk (one) egg approximately 1 tablespoon granulated sugar for sprinkling on top of cake (see directions) Directions Cream the sugar and shortening together in a mixing bowl. Sift the dry ingredients together (flour, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon). Pour milk into a measuring cup or small bowl. Add egg to the milk. With a fork or hand eggbeater, blend together the milk and egg. Alternating the two, slowly add the sifted dry ingredients and the milk/egg mixture to the creamed sugar and shortening mixture. Blend well each time an addition has been made to the creamed mixture. Lightly grease an 8-inch square pan. Lightly coat the bottom and sides of the pan with flour (use less than a tablespoon of flour to do this). Tap or shake out all excess flour from the pan. Then spread the batter into the pan. Begin baking, setting the timer for 15 minutes. When the timer rings, lightly sprinkle the sugar over the top of the cake (try to sprinkle sugar while the cake is still in the oven---rack can be pulled out.) Continue baking for 10 minutes. When cool, cut cake into two-inch squares. Notes Snippy Doodles is a long-time favorite of mine. As a small child I fondly remember playing outside on cold, snowy January days and smelling the delicate, faintly cinnamon aroma of freshly-baked Snippy Doodles. Excitedly, I would come indoors and anxiously await a glass of milk and a warm square of this delicious tea cake. I do not know the origin of this recipe, but it has been in our family for over five decades. I have never seen it in a cookbook, although I have searched for it. I imagine it is a distant cousin to the cookie Snickerdoodles. Snippy Doodles is a wonderful winter treat. I usually double the recipe, because my family seems to devour it in minutes. Enjoy! Go back to recipes