Try this snickerdoodle recipe for soft and chewy cinnamon-sugar cookies that everyone will enjoy. With crispy edges, chewy centers, and a deliciously spiced sugar coating, these cookies are a crowd please for sure. These snickerdoodle cookies have become very popular with my friends at church — and my pastor loves them. You will too!
Ingredients
- ½ cups white sugar: 1 piece
- butter: 0.5 cup (softened)
- shortening: 0.5 cup
- eggs: 2 piece
- vanilla extract: 2 tsp
- ¾ cups all-purpose flour: 2 piece
- cream of tartar: 2 tsp
- baking soda: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.25 tsp
- white sugar: 2 Tbsp
- ground cinnamon: 2 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
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Make cookies: Beat sugar, butter, shortening, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth and creamy.
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Whisk flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Gradually mix dry ingredients mixture into the wet ingredients just until combined. Shape dough into walnut-sized balls.
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Make cinnamon-sugar: Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl or zip-top plastic bag.
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Place dough balls in cinnamon-sugar and roll or shake until coated. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
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Bake in the preheated oven until set but not too hard, 8 to 10 minutes, switching racks halfway through.
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Remove from the oven and immediately transfer to wire racks to cool. Danielle K
