Homemade Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe
Easy soft, chewy and irresistible homemade snickerdoodle cookies with the classic cinnamon sugar coating are made in five easy steps, read on to find out how! Bake up a batch of these snicker doodle cookies for an easy Christmas cookie your whole family will love!
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Easy soft, chewy and irresistible homemade snickerdoodle cookies with the classic cinnamon sugar coating are made in five easy steps, read on to find out how! Bake up a batch of these snicker doodle cookies for an easy Christmas cookie your whole family will love!
Every time I tell my middle daughter that I am making her favorite cookies, she says: “snickerdoodles!”. You would think that the favorite would be a classic chocolate chip but it’s not. It’s a buttery, sweet cookie with cinnamon sugar to create a crispy coating. Every cookie is soft, chewy, not at all cakey and each bite melts in your mouth. You will be swooning over how delicious these cookies are and how easy they are to make!
Why you’ll love this recipe
This recipe for classic Snickerdoodle Cookies makes a soft, chewy cookie packed with cinnamon sugar flavor! This family favorite recipe we’ve been enjoying for nearly 40 years comes together quickly in five easy steps. There’s no need to wait while the dough chills – just combine, mix, roll, top and bake!
Ingredients for Snickerdoodle Cookies
- All-purpose flour
- Cream of tartar
- Baking soda
- Ground cinnamon
- Salt
- Unsalted butter, room temperature
- Granulated sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk (a large two yolk egg will also work)
- Pure vanilla extract
This easy Christmas cookie recipe comes together in five easy steps:
- Combine dry ingredients together in a medium bowl: flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- Mix in a large bowl: Start by mixing the butter and sugar together, I like to use a hand mixer to do this until the butter/sugar mixture is smooth and creamy. Then slowly mix in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients scraping the sides of the bowl as you go. The dough will thicken as you go.
- Prepare cookie topping: Combine the granulated sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
- Scoop and Roll: Using a 1.5 Tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough and roll in cookie topping.
- Arrange and Bake: Arrange snickerdoodle cookie dough balls 3 inches apart on the baking sheets and bake at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes. The cookies will become soft and puffy. Remove cookie tray from oven and lightly press down on them with the back of a spoon or fork to help flatten them out, then allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes . Once the cookies have cooled on baking sheet for 10 minutes, transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
To make these Christmas Cookies
Instead of the usual sugar and cinnamon coating, you use red and green sugar to pretty them up. They are buttery and perfect!
Other soft cookie recipes to try
- Soft Baked Gingerbread Cookies
- Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
- Soft Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Snickerdoodle Cookies
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Homemade Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients
Snickerdoodle Cookie Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened to room temperature)
- 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk (at room temperature)
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Snickerdoodle Cookie Topping Ingredients
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper, or reusable parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl combine dry ingredients together: flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- Start by mixing the room temperature butter and sugar together, I like to use a hand mixer to do this until the butter/sugar mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Slowly mix in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients scraping the sides of the bowl as you go. The dough will thicken as you go.
- In a small bowl combine the granulated sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
- Using a 1.5 Tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough and roll in cookie topping.
- Arrange snickerdoodle cookie dough balls 3 inches apart on the baking sheets and bake at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes. The cookies will become soft and puffy. Remove cookie tray from oven and lightly press down on them with the back of a spoon or fork to help flatten them out, then allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes . Once the cookies have cooled on baking sheet for 10 minutes, transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
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