Snickerdoodles

WARNING! Only make these cookies if you are prepared to eat half the batch yourself ;). These snickerdoodles won’t fail you. They are soft, melt-in-your-mouth cookies; not to mention quick and easy to make. My mother got this recipe from an old newspaper clipping and has passed it along. Mother always knows best!

Yields: 2-3 dozen

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Mix butter, sugar, vanilla, and eggs thoroughly in a large bowl
3. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl
4. Blend dry ingredients into butter mixture
5. Chill dough, and chill an ungreased cookie sheet for about 10-15 minutes in the fridge.
6. Meanwhile, mix 3 tablespoons sugar and 3 teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl
7. Scoop 1-inch globs of dough into the cinnamon/sugar mixture
8. Coat by gently rolling balls of dough in the sugar mixture
9. Place on a chilled ungreased cookie sheet and bake 10-12 minutes
10. Remove from pan immediately

Snickerdoodles

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

25 mins

 

Author: Bakerette.com

Recipe type: Cookies, Desserts,

Serves: 2-3 dozen

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1½ cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2¾ cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Mix butter, sugar, vanilla, and eggs thoroughly in a large bowl
3. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl
4. Blend dry ingredients into butter mixture
5. Chill dough, and chill an ungreased cookie sheet for about 10-15 minutes in the fridge.
6. Meanwhile, mix 3 tablespoons sugar and 3 teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl
7. Scoop 1-inch globs of dough into the cinnamon/sugar mixture
8. Coat by gently rolling balls of dough in the sugar mixture
9. Place on a chilled ungreased cookie sheet and bake 10-12 minutes
10. Remove from pan immediately

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