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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Snickerdoodle Cookies

Hey! It's been quite a while, has it not? I hope people still drop by to read this and don't think I fell off the face of the earth. Anywho, a lot has happened. I went out of the country, I came back into the country, I still have jet lag, my boyfriend and I are "taking a break," I made some cookies, then finally got around to making cupcakes (next entry).

These cookies are worth a mention: Snickerdoodles! Before now, I had never made these cookies, nor had I ever even been in their presence. I must say I am now a huge fan of snickerdoodles, and everyone should try this recipe!

Since I'd never made them before, I had no clue how big the make the balls.
These are about 2 inches wide. I still don't know how big a snickerdoodle is supposed to be,
but mine came out about 4 inches across.
Recipe from allrecipes.com

MY NOTES: Increase the cinnamon-sugar coating to 3 Tbsp sugar and 1 Tbsp cinnamon. If you make them smaller, they will be done in 7 minutes. Mine were done in 9 minutes. They are slightly crunchy around the edges and soft in the middle... Yum!

Snickerdoodles
Makes about 30 large cookies

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What type (brand) of baking sheet do you recommend for this recipe? I never know which one to buy--which one turns out the best cookies?

How To Eat A Cupcake said...

I used two different pans. The first batch baked on a large 14x20 Wilton aluminum cookie sheet. The cookies spread out a little bit more. The second batch baked on a heavy non-stick cookie sheet. They puffed up better.

I don't bake cookies that often, so I don't know how other cookie recipes fare on different cookie sheets.

Anonymous said...

Were these Mrs. Sigg's Snickerdoodles recipe? I made these last christmas and they were awesome. I love how they crack on top!

How To Eat A Cupcake said...

Yes these were Mrs. Sigg's. They are sooo delicious, and as far as I know, all snickerdoodles are supposed to crack on top :D

Anonymous said...

hi i never saw this site before but i will probably be comming here more often now but anyhow i grew up on snickerdoodles and 4 in is about right and they are all supposed to crackle on top if they don't then they don't have the cream of tarter in them which gives them the kick too

Anonymous said...

These are my all time favorite cookies. I suggest that before you bake them, flatten them slightly with the bottom of a glass. One time I forgot to and they nearly all slid off the tray.