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Snickerdoodles

Posted By Vardhini On December 31, 2011 @ 10:57 pm In American,Baking,Christmas,Cookies,Dessert,Festivals,Gallery,Kid Friendly | 2 Comments

First of all, I want to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2012. I am also happy to be writing my 250th post. Thanks friends for the constant support and encouragement that has been a big source of motivation for me.

My friend Tanis offered to make cookies with my kids one evening and I was more than happy to get a few hours to myself. The kids came home with tons of cookies and my son claimed that the snickerdoodle was the best cookie ever. Even K loved it and I had to call Tanis to get the recipe. That is how the snickerdoodle was born in my kitchen. Tanis came by with her Betty Crocker book and I made these on Christmas eve. I loved the cinnamon flavor in the cookies and I followed the recipe for the most part except for a couple of changes. I used egg whites instead of whole eggs because I find that the cookies have a more pronounced egg flavor when whole eggs are used. (I know that is probably just me .:)) I also do not buy shortening anymore and have used butter instead. This is the online link to the recipe. Recipe from Betty Crocker.

I halved the recipe and got about 2 dozen cookies.

Ingredients
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter at room temperature
2 egg whites
11/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 cup sugar (1 oz)
1 tsp ground cinnamon

Method

Take sugar, butter and egg whites in a bowl.

Beat until fluffy.

Add all purpose flour.

Add cream of tartar.

Add baking soda.

Add salt.

Mix well to form a dough. The dough can be sticky. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours and it will stiffen up to form balls.

Mix sugar and cinnamon and keep aside.

Form balls with the dough.

Roll each ball in the sugar-cinnamon mixture.

Place the balls in an ungreased baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake in a preheated 400F oven for 8 – 10 minutes. The edges will be slightly crispy and the inside will still be soft when done. The inside hardens a bit on cooling.