Yep. This is the recipe for snickerdoodles (which I've decided not to capitalize).
Jessica's snickerdoodles
14.25 oz all-purpose flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 sticks of butter (8 oz), room temperature or slightly cooler
10.6 oz sugar
2 large eggs (3.4 oz)
1.5 tsp vanilla
1 Tb ground cinnamon
1.25 oz sugar
Preheat the oven to 400° and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well to combine. Add the half the flour mixture, mix to combine, then add the rest and mix until all the flour is incorporated. Refrigerate the dough for any amount of time you feel like. Even just 5 minutes makes for a puffier cookie. But the cookies will still be good even if you don't refrigerate the dough. EDIT: I made them again, refrigerating the dough for an hour before baking. DO THIS. It makes a huge difference. The cookies turned out more perfectly than I even thought possible. Everyone at Thanksgiving dinner at my parents' house agreed.
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| The dough for the cookie on the left was not refrigerated. The dough for the cookie on the right was in the fridge for just 5 to 10 minutes. |
Mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Roll 1-inch balls of dough in the cinnamon sugar and place on a baking sheet (I fit 12 on a half sheet pan). Bake for 10 minutes, rotating the baking sheet half way through. Remove from the oven and immediately transfer the cookies to a rack to cool.
They're delicious. Obviously. :)
