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Have you ever tried a snickerdoodle?

For me, the kooky name totally drew me in, but my good friend refused to even try one based on the name. If you’re like here and a little put off by the weird sounding name, trust me – these are some good cookies.

Picture an old-fashion sugar cookie, super fluffy and light with that melt in your mouth texture that all good homemade cookies vie for, and then add in a light coating of cinnamon sugar and you have something close to a good snickerdoodle cookie.

We’ve since made some Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles, but I keep coming back to this classic recipe. A traditional snickerdoodle cookie that you are not going to be able to stop yourself from eating.

Seriously, if I don’t put these cookies away the second they are done cooling, I am likely to eat 5 of them just walking around the kitchen. Does anyone else think of pretend chores they need to do in the kitchen when they want to sneak a treat?

Snickerdoodles Recipe

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Cinnamon-sugar for dusting (approximately 1 Tablespoon cinnamon and 3 Tablespoons sugar)

Instructions

1. Blend the butter and sugars for two minutes until light and fluffy.
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5. Add in egg and vanilla until fully incorporated. Set aside.
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9. In a separate bowl, stir together the dry ingredients.
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13. Mix in half of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, fully incorporate, and then add the rest of the dry ingredients.
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17. Roll the dough into tablespoon-sized balls and refrigerate for at least one hour.
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21. Preheat your oven to 350F.
22. Dredge the dough balls in the cinnamon-sugar mix and place onto lined baking sheets.
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26. Bake 8-10 minutes until the cookies have spread and are starting to brown slightly at the edges. They will take on that cute crinkly look once they have cooled and settled.

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