Snickerdoodles. This snickerdoodle cookie recipe makes treats that are perfectly soft in the middle with a bit of crunch around the edges. The sweet cinnamon-sugar coating makes them a sure crowd-pleaser! Learn how to make these amazing old-fashioned snickerdoodles with or without cream of tartar.
Snickerdoodle — A snickerdoodle is a sugar cookie rolled in cinnamon sugar.
It has a characteristically cracked surface, and can be crisp or soft depending on preference.
You Are Going To Love This Easy Snickerdoodle Recipe!
You can have Snickerdoodles using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Snickerdoodles
- Prepare 1 Cup of shortening (half butter).
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups of sugar.
- Prepare 2 of eggs.
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups of flour.
- It's 1 package of instant pudding mix. Cheesecake flavor.
- Prepare 2 tsp of cream of tartar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
- You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of sugar and cinnamon (for dusting).
Like a sugar cookie wrapped in a cinnamon sugar hug, these My recipe yields the softest and thickest snickerdoodles you'll ever taste. To me, Snickerdoodles are the quintessential Christmas cookie. Most of all, snickerdoodles remind me of baking with my mom around the holidays, and therefore will always be the top cookie in my book. And if you don't know exactly what a snickerdoodle cookie is or have never tried.
Snickerdoodles step by step
- Heat oven to 400°.
- Mix shortening, sugar, and eggs thoroughly. If you do half shortening it's harder to mix with the butter, but doesn't come out as rich. It also helps to soften in the microwave..
- Blend flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and pudding mix. Then stir into egg mixture. Mix well but not overmuch. I use cheesecake flavored pudding but feel free to experiment..
- Shape dough balls, around 1" thick (can vary, but larger balls need to cook longer).
- Roll dough balls in sugar and cinnamon..
- Place 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes.
A snickerdoodle cookie recipe that is thin and chewy and coated with cinnamon sugar. These snickerdoodle cookies are super easy to make, and they're a great treat to celebrate National Cookie Month this October! These snickerdoodle cookies are so delicious, and they have the best texture. They are so fast to put together too! I actually got it from an old recipe that my Great Grandma had clipped out of a newspaper.