Snickers Snickerdoodle Cookies
A classic snickerdoodle cookie with a Snickers candy twist.
Ingredients
For the Cookie Dough:
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter softened
- 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 package (9.7 ounces) Snickers Minis* There may be apprx. 33 candies (give or take) in this size bag so about 8 candies can be cut in half to have enough. Use a whole or 1/2 Snickers Mini candy per cookie dough ball.
- *OR Snickers baking bites (2 packages; 10 ozs each) Use 2 Snickers baking bites per cookie dough ball.
For Coating the Cookie Dough Balls:
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Equipment
- Large cookie sheet pan
Instructions
For the Cookie Dough:
- Dry Ingredients - In a medium size bowl, add the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Mix together and set aside.
- Butter, Eggs and Sugar - In a large mixing bowl, add softened butter, sugar, and eggs. Beat until light and creamy.
- Mix the Cookie Dough - Set the mixer on low speed and slowly spoon in the dry ingredients a little at a time. Mix until a dough forms.
- Chill the Cookie Dough - Lay the cookie dough on a large piece of plastic wrap and form the dough into a fairly flat round (so that it chills evenly).Wrap the dough completely in plastic wrap and chill it in the refrigerator for an hour.
Preheat the Oven:
- After the dough is done chilling, preheat the oven at 350 degrees F.
Form and Coat the Cookie Dough Balls:
- Cinnamon and Sugar Coating - In a small bowl, add sugar and cinnamon. Stir until combined. Set aside while making the cookie dough balls.
- Form the Cookie Dough Balls - Roll 1-1/2 tablespoons of dough into a ball. Then flatten out the dough ball with the back side of a small spoon or the palm of your hand.
- Set a Snickers mini candy* in the middle of the flat piece of dough. Wrap the dough around the candy and form a ball that completely covers it. * If using Snickers Mini candies use either a whole one or a half of one per cookie dough ball.* If using Snickers Baking Bites, use 2 candies per cookie dough ball.
- Coat the Dough Balls - Coat each dough ball with the cinnamon and sugar mixture on all sides. Set the sugar and cinnamon-coated cookie dough balls on a large ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake:
- Bake in a preheated oven (at 350 degrees F.) in batches.
- After the cookies bake for 10 minutes, using an oven mitt, carefully pull the oven rack with the cookies out of the oven and lightly press a spatula on top of each cookie to flatten it.
- Bake the cookies for another 6 to 7 minutes or until the outer edges just start to turn a golden color.
- Total baking time is approximately 16 to 17 minutes per batch (may vary depending on how cold the cookie dough is).Repeat the process with the remaining cookie dough.
- A large cookie sheet (pan) should have room for about 13 cookies. If using one large cookie sheet to bake the cookies, it should take 3 batches.
Cool:
- Remove from the oven and transfer them onto a cooling rack.
Serve:
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
TIPS:
- Chill the Cookie Dough - Lay the cookie dough on a large piece of plastic wrap and form the dough into a fairly flat round (so that it chills evenly). Wrap the dough completely in plastic wrap and chill it in the refrigerator for an hour.
- Press Cookies Lightly with Spatula - After the cookies bake for 10 minutes, using an oven mitt, carefully pull the oven rack with the cookies out of the oven and lightly press a spatula on top of each cookie to flatten it.
- Baking the Cookies in Batches - A large cookie sheet pan should have room for about 13 cookies. If using one large cookie sheet to bake the cookies, it should take 3 batches.