Are they sugar cookies? Are they cinnamon cookies? What are these delicious things?

If you want the real answer, they’re a lot of butter, sugar and a perfect dash of cinnamon. Why are snickerdoodles so delicious? I can’t really tell you, all I know is that I love them and if no one was watching, I could eat an entire batch before they even finished cooling!

These snickerdoodles have just the right amount of softness without tasting under cooked. They hold their shape and make you think they’re hard, but once you bite in, its like eating a cloud.

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
• 1 1/3 c granulated sugar
• 1 lg. egg
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 c all purpose flour
• 2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp salt

For rolling

• 1/4 – 1/2 c granulated sugar
• 1 – 2 tsp cinnamon

Can I please eat you? Thanks!

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
2. In a large mixing bowl (stand mixer preferred) cream butter (with paddle attachment).
3. Add the granulated sugar and mix until combined.
4. Add in egg and vanilla.
5. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
6. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet, making sure that everything is combined.
7. In a small bowl, mix together granulated sugar and cinnamon for rolling the cookies in later.
8. Scoop dough into 1 – 2 tbsp sized balls. Shape dough into a nice ball and then roll the balls in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
   • You should get 2 1/2 – 3 dozen cookies.
9. Places cookies about 1 inch apart on a parchment lined baking sheet.
10. Bake the cookies for 11 minutes, switching/rotating after 7 minutes.
11. Remove from oven. Press down gently on them with the back of a spoon.
    • You should put barely any pressure on the cookies; basically just touch them with the back of a spoon and they should depress slightly.
12. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Test Kitchen: Opinion and Changes

These delicious cookies came from Sally’s Baking Addiction and as I always say, anything from SBA is delicious! Enough said.

When I made these for Labor Day I did not have access to a stand mixer, otherwise I would have made double the batch! Snickerdoodles are an absolute crowd pleaser, especially ones that are as soft and tasty as these! The cookies were almost gone before anyone had their entree. Now that’s the sign of a good cookie!

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Happy Baking!