Name: Easy Snickerdoodle Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 250 gram softened butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1 cup caster sugar; 2 eggs; 2 3/4 cup plain flour; 1 teaspoon bicarb soda; 2 tsp cream of tartar; 1 tablespoon caster sugar, extra; 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Snickerdoodle mania has taken over our house. Considering we made three batches this week with a request for one more tomorrow, I think you could say this is bordering on obsession, and considering there is actually no nutritional value in a snickerdoodle, I am pretty sure it is not a very healthy obsession either!

If you are not from the US then there is probably a good chance who have no idea what a snickerdoodle is. I had no clue until I started reading blogs and even then I passed them off as ‘yet another cookie’ until I actually ate one that a friend had made. Despite the fact that they were so gloriously delicious that I could have scoffed the whole tin of cookies right there in front of my gracious host and my cooking bringing friend (which really would not have been polite so I held back) I still didn’t get the snickerdoodle bug until I decided to actually hunt down a recipe and make some for myself.

Snickerdoodles are cookies, sweet biscuits, and really when you look at the base recipe they are nothing all that special, but they have cinnamon and sugar which is a good indication of how great they will taste but truly, nothing will prepare you for how good they actually are.

They are not hard to make, but there is definitely a knack to getting them that perfect balance of crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. My snickerdoodles are far from perfect, but even the so perfect ones taste delicious, especially when they are fresh from the oven and still warm.

Using real butter definitely helps, a lot. And don’t think you can get away without the cream of tar tar because you can’t. I recommend you turn them half way through cooking, but the precise oven temp and cooking time to bake them to perfection will depend on your individual oven.

Easy Snickerdoodle Cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Additional Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

These easy snickerdoodle cookies are just the right amount of crispy cinnamon outside with soft buttery centre.

Ingredients

250 gram softened butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cup plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarb soda
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tablespoon caster sugar, extra
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 180 Celsius and line a couple of baking trays with baking paper.
Cream the butter and sugars (saving the extra tablespoon of castor sugar to make cinnamon sugar later) until light and fluffy
Add eggs and vanilla and mix well by hand or with an electric mixer.
Sift the flour, cream of tartar and bicarb together and fold it into the mixture
Put the mixture in the fridge to chill for 5-10 minutes and combine the extra sugar and cinnamon in a bowl
Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls, roll in cinnamon sugar and put them on the baking tray with lots of space between cookies
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies flatten and are slightly golden brown at the edges, do not over cook!

Notes

Don't skip the cream of tar tar it helps to keep the cookies soft on the inside and crunchie on the ouside. If you don't have cream of tar tar, use corn flour (corn starch) instead.
You can freeze this dough for up to 3 months. Roll out the balls of dough, place them on a tray, cover and flash freeze. Once the balls are hard on the outside transfer them to a sealed container and bag and place them in the freezer. Allow the dough balls to defrost on a tray for 30 minutes before baking.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 183Total Fat: 9g

The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

So join the madness and make some snickerdoodles – I think they make great Christmas cookies!

9 Comments

Whadya mean snickerdoodles have no nutritional value??? Aren’t they one of the foodgroups you need several serves of a day?!?!? Nooooooo… say it ain’t so!

Oh thanks kate another biccie recipe to try ! Im guessing you really don’t need kosher salt?

I’m not sure I should thank you or berate you for sharing the recipe!! definitely something we’ll try – Kate is always looking for new goodies to bake

Alright. I’m up for a challenge today :D

My recipe doesn’t involve any corn flour, nor do I need to flip them LOL! Mine does use Cream of Tarter though…? Lets get together and compare recipes – I LOVE them!

I looooove snickerdoodles. I bought them all the time when in the states. care to make a batch and send to me?

They sound delicious! Yummmmmm

Oh I’ve always been intrigued with the idea of making snickerdoodles! I think it’s the name of them that made me so interested, but when I found out they had nothing to do with Snickers chocolate bars, I was somewhat put off. Still, your raving review of them makes me reconsider! Sounds like something to put on the “to make soon” list! Thanks for sharing Kate!!