Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening (recommended: Crisco)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for dusting
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 24 chocolate sticks (recommended: Mikado)

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Combine the butter, shortening, sugar and eggs in the bowl of a mixer. Blend in flour. Form dough into 1-inch balls. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Roll the balls in the sugar-cinnamon mixture and bake 8 to 10 minutes. Then place the chocolate sticks inside the cookies so they look like lollipops.