White Chocolate-Filled Snickerdoodles

What you need:

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
• 24 white chocolate pieces (I used Ghirardelli white chocolate bars broken into pieces)

Directions:

1. Beat together shortening, butter, eggs, vanilla, and sugar together.
2. In a separate bowl, mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together.
3. Mix dry mixture into wet mixture until combined.
4. Chill dough for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
5. After dough has chilled, mix 2 Tbsp. sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
6. Scoop a tablespoon of dough and place a white chocolate piece on it and form the dough into a ball around it.
7. Roll ball of dough in cinnamon sugar to coat it and place on a silicone mat or parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Be sure to space the dough out at least 2 inches apart.
8. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or until edges are slightly golden.
9. Let set on baking sheet for 3 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool.

Recipe from Cookies and Cups