Snickerdoodles
User Reviews
4.8
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
9 mins
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Total Time
24 mins
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Servings
24 cookies
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Calories
190 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Snickerdoodles
Description
This Snickerdoodles recipe combines softened butter and shortening with sugar, eggs, and vanilla to form a smooth batter. The dry ingredients include all-purpose flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt, which provide the cookie's signature slightly tangy flavor and tender texture. Each dough ball is rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking, contributing a gentle crisp sweetness to the surface.
Baked at 375°F for 8 to 9 minutes, the cookies puff up but remain pale and slightly soft inside, which firms as they cool. This balance offers a tender, lightly chewy cookie that contrasts with the sugary cinnamon crust.
Snickerdoodles are best enjoyed shortly after cooling. They keep well for up to four days when stored in airtight containers at room temperature, making them convenient for home baking and sharing.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1/2 cup butter softened, salted
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
cinnamon-sugar mixture for rolling-
- 5 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F. Line 2 lightly colored baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, stir shortening, butter, and sugar together until light and pale in color, 1 1/2 minutes.
- Using an electric hand mixer, whip in eggs and vanilla extract. Scrape the sides of the bowl and stir again briefly.
- Add in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt and stir until incorporated. Scrape sides and stir again briefly.
- In a small, shallow bowl, stir sugar and cinnamon together.
- Using a cookie scoop (1 1/2 tablespoon size), scoop dough into even mounds on the baking sheet.
- Roll each dough ball in a cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes or until puffed and look slightly underdone.
- Remove from the oven and cool for 3 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to cooling racks.
- Store in airtight containers for up to 4 days.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 190 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 190kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 26g | 9% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 26mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 107mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 65mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.4g | 2% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 141IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 0.003mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 7mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
4.8
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