Our Classic Snickerdoodle recipe has everything you are looking for. These cookies are soft, full of yummy cinnamon, chewy, and have that tang you are looking for when you bite into a snickerdoodle cookie.
Growing up, there always seemed to be a few cookie recipes that were at every function. There were always plates full of homemade chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter blossoms, Buckeyes, and of course, plates full of Snickerdoodles.
I think that's one of my favorite things about classic recipes. They really never go out of style. They just keep getting better each year and it's a bit sentimental to see the family recipes being passed down one generation to the next.
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❤Why this recipe works
This recipe works because it's an easy and timeless recipe, it's budget-friendly, and you probably already have all of the ingredients in your pantry.
🥘Ingredients
- Unsalted butter - remember anytime you are baking, and you are going to be adding additional salt, you must use unsalted butter.
- All-purpose flour - make sure to use the scoop with a spoon and level with a knife method when measuring the flour.
- Cream of tartar - this is another key ingredient. It's the tang flavor you taste when enjoying a snickerdoodle.
- Baking soda - this is your leveling agent.
- Kosher or sea salt - remember to not use table salt as that is only to be used at the table for seasoning.
🔪Instructions
Combine all of the dry ingredients.
Making the wet ingredients.
Rolling the cookies in the cinnamon mixture.
The finished cookies. Yum!
🧾Substitutions
Cream of tartar - I have seen some different combination of ingredients, however, since it's so easily available at your local grocery store, in my experience, it's better to just keep a container on hand.
Pure Vanilla Extract - if all you can find is Imitation Vanilla Extract, that is fine.
📖Variations
🍽Equipment
One of the great things about this cookie recipe is that you don't need a lot of equipment. You will need your mixing bowls, a mixer, parchment paper or silicone mats, two baking sheets, and a 1 ½" cookie scoop. That's it.
🍶Storage
Refrigerator: To keep them soft, store them in an air-tight container on the kitchen counter, for up to 3 to 4 days. However, they probably won't last that long if your family loves them like mine does.
Freezer: After baking them, place them in a freezer safe bag for up to three months. To use them, remove them from the freezer, allow them to come to room temp on the counter and enjoy!
🔎Top tips
Make sure to chill the dough before baking the cookies. It will help hold the shape as well as make rolling the dough into balls much easier.
❔FAQ
Even though Snickerdoodles are often called "sugar cookies", they are really a lot different. Sugar cookies are rolled in white granulated sugar. Snickerdoodles are rolled in a mixture of cinnamon and white granulated sugar.
Snickerdoodles also have a cracked surface and have cream of tartar as one of the ingredients.When making Snickerdoodles, you must use cream of tartar. It adds the tang you need plus it help activate the baking soda.
📚History Behind the Recipe
Having been around since the late 1800s, these New England favorites, are also referred to as Snipdoodles and Cinnamon Sugar Cookies.
It is believed that Snickerdoodles are originally from German and could have been called "Schneckennudeln".
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