Classic Snickerdoodle Cookies Food

CLASSIC SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar in a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter in a large bowl until pale yellow, 2-3 minutes. Scrape down sides, add salt and 3/4 cup sugar, and continue to beat until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes more. Scrape down sides, add egg, and blend until just incorporated. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add dry ingredients, beating until just incorporated.
• Gather dough into a ball, wrap ball in plastic wrap, and chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Place racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 375°F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Mix cinnamon and remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl. Using your hands, roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Roll balls in cinnamon sugar, then transfer to prepared sheets, spacing about 2" apart.
• Bake cookies, rotating sheets halfway through, until just golden brown around the edges, 8-10 minutes (cookies will firm up as they cool). Let cookies cool on sheets a few minutes, then transfer to wire racks and let cool completely.

CLASSIC SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350ËšF.
• In a large bowl, mix the sorghum flour, brown rice flour, white rice flour, tapioca flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, salt, and cream of tartar with a whisk.
• Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer or with a hand mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs one at a time and mix until they're fully incorporated.
• Slowly add the flour mixture until complete incorporated. Mix until dough comes together slightly.
• Using a cookie scoop or tablespoon, form ball about 1-1 1/2 inches in diameter.
• In a wide bowl, mix together the sugar and the cinnamon. Roll the dough so it's completely coated in cinnamon and sugar.
• I do this process for the entire batch of dough before I start baking. It gets the messy part of the Snickerdoodles out of the way so you don't need to be constantly washing your hands from the dough. Also, I keep the plate of all the dough in the fridge while I bake up the other batches just to make sure it doesn't get too warm from the heat of the oven in the kitchen.
• Bake for 11 minutes, turning half way, or until the edges are slightly golden browned.
• Allow to cool for a minute on the tray and transfer to a rack to complete cooling.
• Snickerdoodles, like most sugar cookies, taste good when they're fresh out of the oven, but even better once they've cooled off. They stay well great. If possible, I actually think they taste the best the second or third day. They were all devoured after only 3 days in my house, but kept in an airtight container they stayed great. I'd say they had at least another 2-3 days in them if not more. If you don't want the whole recipe at once, with these I'd bake them all up then freeze them right after they cool and they should stay fresh a few months.

SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar and the eggs and mix thoroughly with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy and well combined, 1 to 2 minutes. Sift together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt, and stir into the shortening mixture.
• In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar with the cinnamon.
• Shape the dough into 1 1/2-inch balls (1 tablespoon per ball), and roll each ball in the cinnamon-sugar. Arrange the dough balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake two sheets at a time until the edges of the cookies are set but the centers are still soft, 8 to 10 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through. Transfer the cookies to wire racks for cooling. Repeat with the remaining dough balls. Store in an airtight container.

GRANDMA RUTH'S SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease.
• Beat 1 1/2 cups white sugar, butter, and eggs together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture until dough holds together.
• Mix 2 tablespoons white sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Form dough into 2-teaspoon-size balls and roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place dough balls, about 2 inches apart, on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven on the center rack for 7 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.