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Self Rising flour is all purpose flour to which leavening agents and salt have been added. In home baking equivalents, one cup of self rising flour contains 1 1/2 teaspoons leavening and 1/2 teaspoon salt. It is great for biscuits, shortcakes, scones, dumplings and more.
 
Butter only will work well for Snickerdoodles. You will get more browning with all butter so watch the bake time carefully. Oil will give you a flatter cookie and will not have the rich buttery flavor. We have lots of Snickerdoodle recipes on the site. Hope this helps.

ty cate one more question what is the difference between flour and bisquick and the jiffy version of bisquick?

I don't know about the Jiffy... but here is what you need to know about flour vs. bisquick.

Because Bisquick mix contains fat and leavening as well as flour, you can’t use as a straight substitute in baked foods, such as cookies and cakes. However, if you want to use Bisquick mix to thicken a stew or gravy, use the  same amount of Bisquick mix as you would flour.

ty cate . why do so many muffin and biscuit recipes use bisquick but no flour then? wouldnt it just be easier to use all purpuse flour for all your baking ? im not trying to be a pain im just trying to figure out why i would want to buy something like bisquick instead of all purpose flour. btw my snickerdoodles turned out great and i did use a recipe off of this site its the basic recipe. i was already using this recipe but needed clearification on some ingredients to make sure what i had would work. well ty agian for all your help. if you want to clearify further would be thankful.