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Snickerdoodles

Soft, crackly cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar. Cream of tartar gives them their slight tang and pillowy middle.

⏱ 45 min (20 min prep, 10 min cooking, 15 min waiting) 🍽 Serves 24 · 1 cookie kid friendlyfreezer friendly vegetarian

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ContainsMilk, Eggs, Wheat. Check the labels on what you buy; brands differ.

Ingredients

Make 24 servings
  • 1 cup Butter, unsalted, softened (2 sticks)
  • 1Β½ cup Granulated sugar
  • 2 Eggs, large
  • 2ΒΎ cup All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • ΒΌ tsp Table salt

  • Cinnamon sugar

  • 3 tbsp Granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp Ground cinnamon

Make it yourself

Make the butter yourself β†’

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Nutrition

Nutrition coming: the USDA numbers for these ingredients are being added.

Steps

You’ll need: mixer, small bowl, 2 baking sheets, parchment paper, cooling racks.

  1. Heat the oven to 375Β°F and line the sheets with parchment.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy, then beat in the eggs one at a time.
  3. Whisk the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt, and mix them in on low. Don’t taste the raw dough: raw flour and raw eggs can carry germs (FDA and CDC). Bake first, then taste.
  4. Stir the cinnamon sugar together. Roll the dough into balls about 1Β½ inches across, roll them in the cinnamon sugar, and set them 2 inches apart.
  5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until the edges are set and the tops crackled but still soft. Cool 5 minutes on the sheet, then on a rack.
Make aheadRoll the dough balls (without the sugar) and freeze them; roll in cinnamon sugar and bake from frozen, adding 2 minutes.
❄️ FreezerFreeze dough balls up to 3 months, or baked cookies up to 3 months.
β†Ί LeftoversKeep cooled cookies in an airtight tin at room temperature for about a week.
πŸ§’ With kidsKids love rolling the balls in cinnamon sugar.
No cream of tartar swapUse 2 teaspoons baking powder instead of the cream of tartar and baking soda; the cookies will be a little less tangy.

Goes well with

🌸 Spritz Butter Cookies

Good to know

Cooking Fats Compared Salted vs. unsalted butter All-purpose vs. bread flour (and friends) Baking soda vs. baking powder Table salt vs. kosher salt vs. sea salt Ceylon vs. Cassia Cinnamon

An original Teddy Rook Book recipe, written for our Christmas baking and holiday dinner collection; safety steps follow USDA. Nutrition is estimated from USDA FoodData Central and changes with brands and portions.