Snickerdoodle Cookies

Snickerdoodle Cookies are full of delicious cinnamon and sugar flavor and always a welcome treat!

Snickerdoodles THE BEST COOKIE RECIPE, cinnamon sugar cookie by createdbydiane.com cookies piled high with a cookie jar carton of milk

Snickerdoodles reminds me of my brother.

They were his favorite when we were kids and they remain to be his favorite cookies now. I don’t get to see my brother often, I sure miss him. If we lived closer, I would make these as often as he liked, along with all his other favorites.

Yep, you can tell. I’m missing him! Isn’t it funny how that happens! I just sat down to start this post and now find myself missing him even more than usual. His favorite dinner is chicken and dumplings, the type with the biscuit type of dumplings, not the noodle type. I learned about the noodle type from him recently, when I was visiting him he said he ordered it out and got someone that did not resemble his childhood favorite dinner, so I make him a batch of my favorite chicken and dumplings and he was happy! His other favorite dinner is baked ziti, and I make it every time I visit.

 

I’ve had this recipe for years, I’m so glad my mom gave it to me.

Snickerdoodles are a favorite of my family too…and this recipe makes a lot of cookies.

This recipe can be cut in half if you don’t really like lots of cookies, ha ha ha!!! But why not make them all and share.

Really do you know anyone who wouldn’t want some of these? Not me, everyone seems to love…

cinnamon and sugar….besides what’s not to LOVE about it.

Even as a kid toast with cinnamon and sugar was the fastest way to get your sugar fix, right?

Or was that just me?

Don’t overbake the cookies, they will be hard and dried out. Take the cookies out when they aren’t gooey, and the bottoms are firm, as they cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes they will continue to firm up and the slight puffiness will deflate leaving you with a nice chewy cookie.

There really is NOTHING worse than a cookie that is as hard as a rock from being overbaked. Well burnt is worse I guess. My point is…

check the cookies, at the minimum time of 8 minutes

and then check them each minute after that.

This is not the time to start mopping the floors or doing laundry. This is the time to get out the cooling racks and pour a glass of milk!

Print Recipe
5 from 2 votes

Snickerdoodle Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 51/2 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • additional
  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 6 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

  • Mix butter, shortening, sugar, then add eggs.
  • Add flour, cream of tartar, salt and baking soda.
  • Scoop cookie dough into small balls (one and two tablespoon sizes cook nicely shown are two tablespoon sized cookies)
  • Mix cinnamon and sugar together in a bowl.
  • Roll balls in cinnamon sugar mixture.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

 

The BEST Snickerdoodle cookie recipe from @createdbydiane

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16 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    These look and sound delicious!!! Have a silly question since the recipe isn’t completely descriptive for those of us who are self conscious. :). Do I need to cream the butter and sugar before adding wet ingredients? And can I substitute the shortening with either butter, or butter flavored crisco?

    1. I do cream the butter with the shortening and sugar first, then add the eggs. I have never substituted the shortening out for all butter or butter flavored crisco. I don’t prefer the artificial taste of butter flavored crisco myself. I do know that the shortening helps the cookie to crisp a bit, because all butter cookies are softer. Myself I typically make a recipe the way it’s written, then on the second batch change it up to my liking if there was something I didn’t prefer. Hope that is a little helpful. ~Happy Baking!

  2. Thank you SO much! Very helpful! I know I’m going to be baking at LEAST 2 batches tonight so I will take your suggestion. :). Thanks also for a quick response.

    1. sorry about that I must have missed putting it in the instructions, yes I do add salt. I add it when I add the baking soda. I adjusted the recipe to reflect that. Thanks for bringing the error to my attention.
      Happy Baking!

  3. 5 stars
    You are SO RIGHT these are Johns FAVORITE cookie. He/We miss you too :(. Wish u guys lived closer but just think when u come & visit us it makes it even more special <3. Tell u what I will make these today & show him this post & he will b thanking you bc after I read it I had tears in my eyes & decided I was going 2 make them 4 him. You are a super sweet sister & sil btw these cookies are DELICIOUS YUMMY!!

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