Toffee Studded Snickerdoodles

How can you improve on a classic cookie? Add toffee bits! I found this on another recipe site, tried it and now it is a family favorite.

• Ready In: 29 mins
• Yields: 5 dozen

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  eggs
• 2 3⁄4 cups flour
• 2  teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 3⁄4 cups  Skor English toffee bits
• 3  tablespoons sugar
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Beat butter, shortening and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl until fluffy.
3. Add eggs; beat thoroughly.
4. Stir together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended.
5. Stir in toffee bits.
6. In a small bowl, mix 3 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon together.
7. Shape cookie dough into 1 1/4 inch balls, roll in sugar-cinnamon mixture.
8. Set onto cookie sheet and bake 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned around the edges.
9. Cool slightly then remove from cookie sheet.