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Just Another Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe

December 13, 2016

This Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe is classic, simple, and easy. Sometimes you just can’t beat cinnamon and sugar. | www.megiswell.com
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Last week, I shared a weird recipe (Cheesecake Cookies) that I can’t find another example of. Today I’m sharing a Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe that is common as dirt. There are thousands of them on the Internet and I actually feel a little boring because people are spicing them up a little (like Pumpkin Snickerdoodles, Chai Snickerdoodles, etc.). But this Christmas I’m sharing the cookies my family makes every year, and it is what it is. Plus, as my dad says, “You can’t beat cinnamon and sugar.”

This Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe is classic, simple, and easy. Sometimes you just can’t beat cinnamon and sugar. | www.megiswell.com

A Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe will likely be a combo of butter and shortening or all shortening. These are all shortening cookies. Sometimes I don’t trust recipes that use no butter at all. It just seems wrong, harkening back to the days (40s and 50s) where food companies made processed food the new cool and all recipes called for margarine, mayonnaise, cream cheese, and canned condensed soups. We have a cookbook from Oregon (Taste of Oregon) that was assembled by the Junior League of Eugene and every recipe in there is like that. You would not believe the calorie and fat count.

This Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe is classic, simple, and easy. Sometimes you just can’t beat cinnamon and sugar. | www.megiswell.com

Anyway, these Snickerdoodle Cookies are the exception to the “I don’t trust recipes with only shortening” rule. It works for them. These aren’t your soft and pillowy cookies. They are a little firm but they do have some crumble. I love shaping the dough into balls and rolling it in cinnamon and sugar. It’s very relaxing and zin. Simple, easy, and unrefined, but I still love them.

This Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe is classic, simple, and easy. Sometimes you just can’t beat cinnamon and sugar. | www.megiswell.com

This Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe is classic, simple, and easy. Sometimes you just can’t beat cinnamon and sugar. | www.megiswell.com
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Snickerdoodle Cookie

This Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe is classic, simple, and easy. Sometimes you just can’t beat cinnamon and sugar.

Course Desserts
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 36 cookies
Author Megan Wells

Ingredients

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 and 3/4 cups flour sifted
  • 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

  2. Combine and mix the shortening, sugar, eggs, flour, cream of tartar, salt, and baking soda.

  3. Mix together the sugar and cinnamon together in a small bowl.
  4. Shape the dough into balls and roll in the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
  5. Place on an uncreased pan and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

This Snickerdoodle Cookie recipe is classic, simple, and easy. Sometimes you just can’t beat cinnamon and sugar. | www.megiswell.com

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  1. cecília says

    January 4, 2017 at 7:51 am

    5 stars
    Hello! So, you don’t beat margarine and sugar first? just what I was looking for!

    Reply
    • Megan Wells says

      January 4, 2017 at 8:12 pm

      Hi Cecilia, I’ve always just combined everything together and it’s worked fine. Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  2. Kathleen | Hapa Nom Nom says

    December 17, 2016 at 1:39 pm

    I think of snickerdoodles are one of the greatest smells to come from the kitchen! So soft and chewy… Mmm!!! I could eat an entire tin of these!

    Reply
  3. Kitty says

    December 14, 2016 at 9:17 am

    The hubby LOVES snickerdoodles, so I’ll have to give these a try. Thanks!

    Reply
  4. Kellee says

    December 14, 2016 at 8:40 am

    Hi there! Love Snickerdoodles, and look forward to trying this recipe. However, I don’t see cinnamon listed as any of the ingredients in the recipe?

    Reply
    • Megan Wells says

      December 14, 2016 at 9:03 am

      Thank you so much Kellee! I actually forgot the cream of tartar too! That’s what happens when you watch Christmas movies while formatting recipes!

      Reply
  5. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

    December 13, 2016 at 10:18 am

    I am a big fan of snickerdoodles and would not mind to add one more recipe to my collection. I like that these are a little firm as I think they store better than the really soft ones.

    Reply
    • Megan Wells says

      December 14, 2016 at 9:07 am

      These do store pretty easily and I feel like they taste better longer than softer cookies.

      Reply
  6. Matt @ Plating Pixels says

    December 13, 2016 at 10:05 am

    Gotta love a thick cookie like that! Curious to try you firmer and crumbly variation.

    Reply
  7. Lisa | Garlic & Zest says

    December 13, 2016 at 9:41 am

    My grandmother has a recipe for cookies that calls for margarine — and they are — without a doubt — THE BEST, so sometimes you have to break the whole foods/natural/don’t trust big food companies mantra and go with it. These look amazing!

    Reply
    • Megan Wells says

      December 14, 2016 at 9:06 am

      Totally agree! Just go with it. And thank you!

      Reply
  8. Shinee says

    December 13, 2016 at 9:24 am

    Baking is therapeutic to me too! including the rolling the cookies doughs… 🙂 Love these snickerdoodles!

    Reply
  9. Emily @ Recipes to Nourish says

    December 13, 2016 at 8:16 am

    These are beautiful! Love their soft texture! These are one of my oldest kiddo’s favorite cookies.

    Reply
    • Megan Wells says

      December 14, 2016 at 9:05 am

      Thank you Emily! They’re still one of my favorites after all these years.

      Reply
  10. Sarah @ Champagne Tastes says

    December 13, 2016 at 6:33 am

    5 stars
    Snickerdoodles have the best name ever– if I’m choosing between another cookie and a snickerdoodle- I’ll go for the funny name every time lol. I really need to make cookies now..

    Reply
    • Megan Wells says

      December 13, 2016 at 7:03 am

      They really do! I would love to find out how they got that name.

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Megan Wells. Food, photography, and writing is how I deal with life’s struggles, mainly ulcerative colitis and living with a j-pouch. Read more…

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