Snickerdoodles
The classic Snickerdoodles recipe is made with butter, sugar, eggs, and flour and rolled in cinnamon sugar mix. These cookies have a famous crunchy outside texture and soft and moist inside.
Servings: 16 cookies
Ingredients
Ingredients for Cookies:
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ⅓ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Ingredients for Cinnamon Sugar:
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F, line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat and set it aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, using a spatula, cream the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add an egg and vanilla extract and whisk it together until creamy and well combined.
- In a separate mixing bowl sift all-purpose flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Add dry ingredients to the mixture and fold it in until well combined. Put the dough in the refrigerator for about 7-10 minutes.
- While the dough is in the fridge, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon in a bowl to make cinnamon sugar and set it aside.
- When the dough is ready, using a 1 ½ tablespoon size ice cream scoop or a regular tablespoon, scoop the dough into the balls and roll them around in the cinnamon-sugar mixture to coat.
- Put the cookies on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for about 15-17 minutes.
- Cool the cookies on a baking sheet for 10 minutes, then remove the on a wire rack.