u/swamp-hag

Ok yes, it's been a week, and it's still bothering me.

An American snickerdoodle cookie is pale, cinnamon sugar flavored on the outside, and leavened with baking soda, aka bicarb, enough so that you do taste that alkaline tang. That's the whole point of the cookie, Paul. From the description of the bake, it was the correct cookie.

I will say the peanut brittle sounds like a mistake though. Shouldn't gild a lily. A properly made snickerdoodle is perfect as-is.

I'm looking for a chapter book, or middle grade book from about the 1960s, read in the US, about one kid who helped develop the alphabet. Possibly took place in the middle east, maybe Turkey. The kid likely wrote in the sand. The kid was probably a boy.

It's for sure not the story within Kipling's Just So stories. Thank you for any info!