The Best Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe - Brown Sugar Food Blog (2024)

Let’s start this 25 Days of Christmas segment on my blog with The Best Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe! These soft snickerdoodle cookies are sure to put you in the Christmas spirit.

This is The Best Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe that is soft, moist, and coated with cinnamon sugar! You will love these cookies!

“It’s the most, wonderful time of the year”

“With the kid’s jingle-belling”

“And everyone telling you to be of good cheer”

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

This segment on my blog has been 2-3 years in the making! I have always wanted to do a series on my blog where for 25 days straight, I would present to you guys a combination of cookies, baked goods, meals, appetizers, and drinks that are perfect for the Christmas season! I wanted to do this series mostly because I wanted the challenge of posting recipes and stories for 25 days straight. I am already sweating from this challenge. But I am aimed and focus on providing you guys with some of the most delicious and easiest recipes that are inspired by the Christmas holiday. When I was thinking of this concept, I was freaking out by coming up with awesome recipes to share with you guys. I was freaking out because I started to think, “What the hell am I going to talk about for 25 days…straight?! I mean seriously, I really don’t think I am that interesting of a person to have that much to share and say to you guys. When I was talking with my mom about this idea, she gave me an awesome idea and that was to share some older pictures of my family around Christmas and share stories that were funny and entertaining. I thought that was a DOPE idea so that is exactly what I am going to do.

Before I start sharing stories about my family all “willy-nilly” I thought that smart thing would be to share with you a list of characters that you may hear about throughout this 25 Days of Christmas blog series. Yeah, let’s consider this blog series one long ass Christmas story that is filled with all types of crazies and laughs. Well, my hope is that I can be that entertaining to keep you guys coming back! Let’s meet the characters, shall we?

Al– This is my husband who surprises me every year around Christmas time. He can be a Scrooge or he can be a black version of Santa Claus. You never really know with him.

Mom– My mom is the sweetest, warmest, and kindest woman on the face of this planet. But man, she has lost her edge in the kitchen. I can say this because my mom knows this about herself. When you make a pie and forgot to put sugar in it, it’s time to hang up the apron.

Mojo– This is my stepdad who is a lover of food. He will be the loud and boisterous character in most of the blog post stories.

Frank, Jonathan, and Michael– These are my three little brothers, Twittle Dee, Twittle Dumb, and Twittle Dumber. I can say this about them because they are my brothers and this isn’t something they haven’t heard me say before.

Calvin– He is the apple of my eye, the love of my life, and the only person I would probably hit my internal “red button” for without asking any questions for. This is my son. I don’t have many Christmas stories about him as he just turned one not even a week ago, but you may hear about him from time to time.

So, this is my immediate family character list and I can’t wait to begin sharing stories that I am sure they will remember and you guys will enjoy. But right now, we need to talk about these Snickerdoodle Cookies.

There really isn’t much to say about these Snickerdoodle Cookies as the taste says it all!

Quick Mini Story:

The day I made these Snickerdoodle Cookies, I was minding my business sitting on my coach. My husband was heading out for work and was talking to me about something in politics. I gave him feedback to let him know I was listening when I probably really wasn’t. “You know babe, I don’t understand why the f**k people can’t just accept the fact that people aren’t kneeling to disrespect the flag but to make a stance of the racial injustice in this country!”, he said as he was putting on his shoes. “Yeah babe”, I said I was checking my emails. He then went towards the kitchen to grab his water bottle and saw the delicious and gorgeous Snickerdoodle Cookies I had just made and placed on the counter to cool. He proceeded to walk back into the living room with a cookie in his hand and said, “You know what babe? I am going to make a stance this Halloween and wear a shirt that says “BLACK LIVES MATTER”! I looked up over my reading glasses with a facial expression of being unimpressed and said, “Babe, have you looked at yourself in the mirror? You are BLACK LIVES MATTER! (my husband dark chocolate)”. “ Yeah well, I am going to…”, and out of nowhere, his eyes got big, he began making mmm noises from his mouth, and he looked at the Snickerdoodle Cookie as if it smacked him and then he said, “WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!” “A Snickerdoodle Cookie”, I said. “This is not a Snickerdoodle Cookie. I’ve had a Snickerdoodle Cookie, and they tasted nothing like this! I need another one!”


I’ll end the story there because the conversation got ridiculous after that. These are the types of stories that I will be sharing during my 25 Days of Christmas blog series. I hope this mini-story tickled your fancy and made you eager for more laughs. So make a batch of these Snickerdoodle Cookies and get ready to be put in the holiday spirit!

Recipe adapted from Averie Cooks

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  • Author: Nicole Nared-Washington from Brown Sugar Food Blog
  • Total Time: 23 mins
  • Yield: 15 1x
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Description

These are The Best Snickerdoodle Cookies EVER. They are buttery, moist, and very soft. These Snickerdoodle Cookies are coated with cinnamon sugar.

Ingredients

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  • ½ c. unsalted butter, softened
  • ½ c. sugar
  • c. light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ c. flour
  • ½ tsp. Baking soda
  • ¼ tsp. Cream of tartar
  • ¼ tsp. Salt
  • ¼ c. sugar
  • 2 tsp. Cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 Degree and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, silicone sheet, or spray with baking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, blend the butter using a mixer until creamy. Add both sugars together, white and brown, until fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla extract as well. Finally, mix in the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt until well combined. Combine the ¼ cup of sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon in a small bowl
  3. Next, scoop a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough into a ball and roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture and place on baking sheet. Repeat until baking sheet is filled. Bake in the oven for 13 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes and move to the cooling rack until ready to serve.
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 13 mins
  • Category: Dessert
The Best Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe - Brown Sugar Food Blog (2024)

FAQs

Why don't my snickerdoodles crack? ›

If yours aren't cracking, your oven may not be hot enough or your ingredients may not be fresh enough! Are snickerdoodles supposed to be undercooked? I always recommend slightly underbaking your cookies and then letting them finish baking through cooling on the pan.

Why are my snickerdoodles so flat? ›

If your cookies repeatedly turn out flat, no matter the recipe, chances are your oven is too hot. Here's what's happening. The butter melts super quickly in a too-hot oven before the other ingredients have firmed up into a cookie structure. Therefore, as the butter spreads so does the whole liquidy cookie.

Why didn't my snickerdoodles rise? ›

The cream of tartar is what causes the cookies to puff and rise—without it, your cookies might spread too much and/or be completely flat.

What happens if I add cream of tartar to my cookies? ›

What Does Cream of Tartar Do in Cookies? Cream of tartar makes cookies chewy, as it precludes the sugar in the dough from crystalizing, which would lead to crispiness (ie: the opposite of chewiness).

What happens if you leave out cream of tartar in cookies? ›

Cream of tartar prevents the sugar in cookies from crystallizing which would create a crunchier cookie. Cream of tartar is also used with baking soda to become a leavening agent, which makes baked goods puff up while in the oven due to the production of carbon dioxide gas.

Are snickerdoodles supposed to be soft when they come out of the oven? ›

They puff in the oven and then settle back down while cooling into a soft, thick, supremely chewy cookie with a gorgeous crinkly top. They've received nothing but rave reviews!

How to keep snickerdoodles from getting hard? ›

How do you make snickerdoodles puffy and soft? The secret's in the ratio of butter to leavener to flour to egg. Don't use shortening here; you'll miss the flavor of butter. Slightly under-baking the snickerdoodles also guarantees a softer cookie.

Why does snickerdoodle dough need to be refrigerated? ›

"When your dough is refrigerated, the butter hardens. So when you bake them, they spread less and hold their shape better," adds Epperson. "Which means a better likelihood of a soft, chewy cookie in the center."

How do you know when a Snickerdoodle is done? ›

How do you know when the cookies are baked? The snickerdoodle cookies will only take about 10 to 12 minutes to bake, so be sure to keep your eye on them! It's best to rotate the cookies after about 6 minutes so that the cook evenly. The cookies are done when the edges are just set and the centres are soft and cracked.

Why did my snickerdoodles come out cakey? ›

Using too much flour will make your cookies too cakey, so try reducing the flour amount by two tablespoons. Avoid using cake flour instead; try a mix of all-purpose flour and bread flour for a more dense and chewy texture.

How do you fix Snickerdoodle dough? ›

Fix the recipe

This can be done by adding milk, cream, or even water. If the dough is still too dry, you may need to add more fat. This can be done by adding butter, margarine, or shortening. Once you've added more moisture and fat, knead the dough until it is smooth and pliable.

Why do my snickerdoodle cookies get hard? ›

Snickerdoodles might turn out hard if they are overbaked or if the dough is too dry. Be sure to keep an eye on them as they bake – when the edges are set but the centers are still soft and puffy, they are done. Also, make sure you're not adding too much flour.

Why are my snickerdoodle cookies dry? ›

Overbaking often results in dry, crunchy snickerdoodles instead of soft, chewy ones. Make sure to pull the cookies out when they're still slightly underbaked.

What is the purpose of adding cream of tartar? ›

The most common recipes that call for cream of tartar are those that call for egg whites to be whipped, like angel food cake, genoise cake, meringue, and macarons. Jampel says that is because cream of tartar works as an egg white stabilizer that increases both the volume and shelf life of the meringue.

What is the benefit of cream of tartar in baking? ›

Culinary uses

Bakers often use cream of tartar in baked goods by mixing it with egg whites to help create stiff peaks in meringue. This prevents the formation of sugar crystals. Cream of tartar can be a substitute for anything from buttermilk to baking powder and lemon juice in your favorite recipes.

What is the purpose of cream of tartar in this recipe? ›

Cream of tartar is a white powder sold in the baking aisle that's commonly used to stabilize whipped egg whites in meringues and cakes, prevent sugar crystallization in candies and caramel, and act as the activating ingredient in baking powder.

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