My Favorite Snickerdoodle Recipe

**cali baker** · 09-16-2012, 07:20 AM

**WINNER** Recipe of the Month September 2012

I have made this recipe for several years now, since finding it on the All Recipes website. It is, in my opinion, the BEST recipe for this cookie that I've ever tried!

My Favorite Snickerdoodle Recipe-snickerdoodle-jpg

Snickerdoodles (taken from All Recipes)
Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Instructions:

1.	Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2.	Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
3.	Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
4.	Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.

**TraciInTexas** · 09-16-2012, 08:35 AM

Holy cow... my favorite cookie!
I have some of the dough in the fridge, but I only eat it on a spoon. LOL!

**cali baker** · 09-16-2012, 09:33 AM

I love this recipe because it "poufs" up really nice and gets a little crispy on the outside. It's got a great consistency...probably from the combo of shortening and butter.

**cali~jenn** · 09-16-2012, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by TraciInTexas

Holy cow... my favorite cookie!
I have some of the dough in the fridge, but I only eat it on a spoon. LOL!

Ooh you eat cookies like me, haha never baked. YUM!

**Ftse 100** · 12-04-2012, 01:18 PM

This recipe I will have to give to my friend in California as she loves Snickerdoodles always talking about how nice they are.

**TraciInTexas** · 12-07-2012, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by cali~jenn

Ooh you eat cookies like me, haha never baked. YUM!

Yup. Sinfully delicious that way...
Dear Hubby got all insulted when the kids & I would snarf up all the dough without ever cooking any. Oops!

**cali~jenn** · 12-07-2012, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by TraciInTexas

Yup. Sinfully delicious that way...
Dear Hubby got all insulted when the kids & I would snarf up all the dough without ever cooking any. Oops!

Lol. I don't make cookies often ever but I made choc chip cookies for my daughter last year or so. Actually baked some of the batch up and all. (something I never do) my then 3 year old ate some then tasted the dough and didn't want them baked anymore either. My girl! Haha