Snickerdoodles are acceptable forms of resume, right?

Over the last few months a rather unsettling realization has reared its head.

I'm an adult. I've been one for 8 years. I've thought of myself as one for 12. Adults in general have to be mature enough to do what they don't want to do. Right?

So instead of working on a resume and cover letter. I made snickerdoodles for a friends birthday.

Let me be honest here. I have a job. I consider myself lucky to have it for a plethora of reasons, starting with the fact that the economy sucks and ending with the fact that I work in an antique shop, which is awesome in it of itself. On one hand, the adult in my says "you need health insurance, you need a career, you need a 401k, and a paycheck that reflects the fact that you have a bachelors" on the other hand, my dear, inner child points out that "you have never made snickerdoodles, and those would make an awesome addition to Chelsea's birthday present!"

What is a twenty-something to do?

Throw dinner in the pressure cooker, and make cookies! Resume be damned.

Feel like procrastinating? They're really not that hard to make.

SNICKERDOODLES

1 cup butter- room temp

1 1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 3/4 cups white all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cream of tartar

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cups sugar

2 TBSP ground cinnamon

Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Cream the butter and sugar together. Mix in the 2 eggs. Sift in flour, cream of tartar, salt and baking soda. At this point you can chill the dough for about 10-20 minutes, however I was in a hurry, so I skipped this step, and as far as I can tell it didn't hurt the recipe.

Combine the remaining sugar and cinnamon.

Scoop a generous tablespoon of dough and roll it into a ball, roll the ball o' dough int he sugar cinnamon mixture and place on an ungreased cookie sheet, leave about 2 inches between each dough ball. Keep in mind that if the dough is room temperature you will not be able to get perfect balls out of the dough.

Bake for 8-10 minutes. 

The first tray that I did, I got overzealous with the amount of dough I used per cookie and I placed them too close together. End result? A tray of cookies that ran together, and double the bake time. Oh well. They still came out scrumptious.