Old-Fashioned Snickerdoodle Cookies

by Nancy

These old-fashioned snickerdoodle cookies are a comfort food classic.

This is the best recipe to make on the spur of the moment because these snickerdoodles are made with basic pantry ingredients.

When you’re craving something sweet and there’s just nothing in the kitchen that sounds good…these cookies are the answer.

They’re perfect for this situation because they’re made with ingredients that are generally on hand.

About the Ingredients

The only ingredient that may not be a regular pantry item is cream of tartar.

But these cookies are definitely a good reason to have cream of tartar on hand.

About the Baking Time

Some like their Snickerdoodles baked on the brown side while others like them more on the light side.

In this recipe, the cookies are baked until the bottoms turn a golden color but feel free to bake them a little longer if preferred.

Snickerdoodles that are brown around the edges taste so good when dipped in milk.

The recipe makes just a bit more than 4 dozen.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Flour, egg, butter, baking soda, baking soda, salt, cream of tartar, cinnamon and sugar

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

For the Cookie Dough:

For the Butter and Sugar Mixture – In a large bowl, add butter, sugar and eggs.

Beat with a mixer until creamy.

Set aside for a moment.

For the Dry Ingredients – In a medium size bowl add flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.

Stir together.

To the butter and sugar mixture, slowly add the dry ingredients a little at a time while beating with a mixer on the lowest speed.

For the Cookie Dough – Roll the dough into balls (a size that is a bit larger than a quarter) and…

…set them aside on a plate.

For the Sugar Cinnamon Mixture:

In a small bowl add sugar and cinnamon.

Mix the sugar and cinnamon together.

Roll each cookie dough ball in the cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat all sides.

Place the dough balls on an ungreased cookie sheet leaving an even amount of space in between each one.

The cookies will need to be baked in batches.

Bake in a preheated oven (at 350 degrees F.) until the bottoms of the cookies turn a golden color (about 15 minutes) or darker if preferred.

Let the cookies cool on a rack before serving.

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