Snickerdoodle Squares

These smell heavenly when cooking.   Serve with a nice glass of ice cold milk. 

• 4 t cinnamon
• 1 c sugar
• 2 ½ c flour
• 2 t cream of tartar
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 c butter, room temperature
• 1 c brown sugar, packed
• ¾ c sugar
• 2 large eggs
• ¼ c buttermilk
• 1 ½ t vanilla
• 2 T butter, melted

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
 
Grease and flour a 9x13” baking dish and set aside.
 
Place the cinnamon and sugar in a bowl and whisk together.  Set aside.
 
Place flour, cream of tartar and baking soda in a medium bowl and whisk together.  Set aside.
 
Place the butter, brown sugar and ¾ cup sugar in a large bowl beat for five minutes.   Beat in eggs, one at a time.    Beat in buttermilk and vanilla.   Mix in flour mixture just until combined.
 
Sprinkle two tablespoons cinnamon sugar in the bottom of prepared dish.   Place half the batter, by spoonfuls evenly over cinnamon sugar and spread into an even layer.    Sprinkle more cinnamon sugar over dough.
Place the remaining dough by spoonfuls over the cinnamon sugar layer.    Dip a spatula in the melted butter and carefully spread dough in an even layer.   Sprinkle top with remaining cinnamon and sugar.
 
Bake for twenty-five minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.   Let cool completely on a wire rack in the dish before cutting into squares.