Recipe: Tasty Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles. Find Out How To Bake Tasty Cookies. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Blend in flour, cream of tartar, soda, and salt.

Plowing through Life in the Country. Why do Snickerdoodles have cream of tartar? The cream of tartar is an interesting ingredient. You can have Snickerdoodles using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Snickerdoodles

1. It's 1 cup of softened butter.
2. You need 1 cup of sugar.
3. You need 1 tsp of nutmeg.
4. It's 2 tsp of pure vanilla.
5. Prepare 2 of eggs, beaten.
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
7. It's 1 Tbs of baking powder.
8. It's 3 cups of AP flour.
9. It's of For coating:.
10. It's 1/3 cup of sugar.
11. Prepare 1 Tbs of cinnamon.
12. It's Pinch of nutmeg.

While it is used as a stabilizer in many ingredients the reason snickerdoodles have cream of tartar is that it adds a very distinct tanginess. It also aids in the chemical reaction with the baking soda to make the chewier texture. This little known ingredient prevents the cookies from developing sugar crystals like regular sugar cookies, which means that snickerdoodles have a soft, pillowy totally addictive texture. Another difference between snickerdoodles and traditional sugar cookies is, of course, that these cookies are rolled in cinnamon-sugar before baking.

Snickerdoodles instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
3. Add nutmeg, vanilla and egg. Mix thoroughly.
4. Add powder and mix.
5. Add flour slowly, and scrape down mixer as needed.
6. Scoop cookies, rolling each cookie into a ball with your hands.
7. In separate bowl, mix sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg for topping.
8. Roll each cookie in topping a d place on cookie sheet.
9. They will not spread but will need to be flattened with a spatula before baking.
10. Bake about 12 minutes, centers should be soft but not doughy..
11. For traditional sugar cookies, just roll out and cut the dough into shapes. It won't need to be refrigerated. Frost or decorate as you like.
12. For peppermint "kringles", omit nutmeg and use only 1 tsp of vanilla. Add 2-3 tsp peppermint extract and 1 tsp of red food coloring..
13. Roll each kringle in red and green nonpareils or regular sugar instead of the cinnamon sugar.

Roll into small balls until round and smooth. Drop into the cinnamon-sugar mixture and coat well. Using a spoon, coat for a second time, ensuring the cookie balls are completely covered. *To make flatter snickerdoodles, press down in the center of the ball before placing in. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. The ingredients for these snickerdoodles are ones I always have on hand, and they only take a few minutes to make.