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Snickerdoodle Cookies

September 7, 2012

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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!

Snickerdoodle Cookies
 
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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
  1. Mix butter, shortening, sugar, then add eggs.
  2. Add flour, cream of tartar, salt and baking soda.
  3. Scoop cookie dough into small balls (one and two tablespoon sizes cook nicely shown are two tablespoon sized cookies)
  4. Mix cinnamon and sugar together in a bowl.
  5. Roll balls in cinnamon sugar mixture.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
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The BEST Snickerdoodle cookie recipe from @createdbydiane

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16 Comments Filed Under: Cookies, don't miss, Most Popular, Sweet Tagged With: cinnamon, Cookies

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Comments

  1. Rachel Cotterill says

    September 8, 2012 at 3:30 am

    Mm, I’ve never had snickerdoodles (I don’t think we have them in England!) but these sound lovely. Visiting from the SITS food blogger thread 🙂

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  2. JulieD says

    September 9, 2012 at 10:16 am

    I love snickerdoodles, Diane!! Yours are so cute!

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  3. Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says

    September 9, 2012 at 10:17 am

    These are one of my absolute favorite cookies and for some reason I don’t think about them until the holidays. Now I want one! 🙂

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  4. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says

    September 9, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    I’ve never met a snickerdoodle I didn’t like! These look perfect, Diane. Chewy yet slightly crispy on the outside, with tons of buttery, delicious cinnamon and sugar goodness. Want!

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  5. [email protected] says

    September 10, 2012 at 5:00 am

    Yep, they were my favorite as a child because they are so fun to make!

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  6. Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking says

    September 12, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    Nope, you were not the only one. I used to sprinkle sugar on my toast as a kid too 🙂
    Your snickerdoodles look so cute, would love a couple

    Reply
  7. Annamaria says

    September 13, 2012 at 6:12 am

    These snickerdoodles look delicious. I’d never had one until earlier this year. It’s hard to believe.

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  8. April says

    December 19, 2012 at 11:06 pm

    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?

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    • Diane says

      December 20, 2012 at 8:08 am

      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!

  9. April says

    December 20, 2012 at 10:55 am

    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.

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  10. Irma Hupe says

    July 19, 2013 at 5:15 pm

    I noticed salt in the ingredients, but not in the directions. Do you use salt?

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    • Diane says

      July 19, 2013 at 10:04 pm

      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!

  11. Jeanette Foster ur brothers wife says

    January 29, 2014 at 8:16 am

    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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    • Diane says

      January 29, 2014 at 10:41 am

      Awww…you are so sweet. I know he will be thrilled if you make them! XOXO Diane

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