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Snickerdoodles

Prep Time40 mins
Cook Time45 mins
Total Time1 hr 25 mins
Course: Cookies, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Multicultural
Keyword: cinnamon, cookies, snickerdoodles, sugar
Author: The Hungry Physicist (hungryphysicist.com)

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 1/2 C Sugar
  • 1 C Butter (room temperature)
  • 1 Tsp Vanilla
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 3/4 C Flour
  • 1 Tsp Cream of Tartar
  • 1 Tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/4 Tsp Salt

Coating

  • 2 1/2 Tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 C Sugar

Instructions

Coating

  • In the small bowl combine sugar and cinnamon, and set aside.

Cookie

  • Preheat oven to 400° F with cooking stone inside (if in use).
  • In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until well creamed.
  • In a medium bowl mix the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt.
  • Beat flour mixture into the butter mixture in small additions.
  • Spoon about 1/2 Tbsp of batter into your hand, or the hands of Little Lab Partners, and mold into a ball.
  • Put dough balls into the cinnamon sugar mixture and coat well, place on plate when finished.
  • Repeat the last two steps until the batter is used up.
  • Remove cooking stone from the oven and place coated dough balls on it, about an inch apart. Do not flatten. Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Notes

Source: 1993, Pilsbury: The Complete Book of Baking, The Penguin Group, New York, 512 p. (modified)