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 cook Snickerdoodles using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Snickerdoodles
- You need 1/2 cup of butter (room Temperature) OR Butter flavored Crisco.
- You need 3/4 cup of sugar.
- You need 1 of large egg.
- It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup of all purpose flour.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 2 Tbs of ground cinnamon.
- Prepare 2 Tbs of sugar.
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 instructions
- Preheat over to 375°F.
- Using a handheld mixer cream the butter OR crisco and sugar..
- Next add the egg then vanilla extract and beat until well combined..
- Add dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Flour, Baking Powder & Salt. Stir to combine..
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Beat with mixer to combine..
- Optional Step: This is where I like to place the dough in the fridge while I tidy up the dishes. It makes forming the dough balls in the next step easier in my opinion and my kitchen gets cleaned up😉.
- Combine sugar & cinnamon for rolling the dough balls. Stir to combine..
- Form the dough into 1 inch balls. Roll each ball in the sugar & cinnamon mixture until well coated then place on cookie sheet..
- Bake at 375°F for 8-10 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.