Snickerdoodle Cookies
Image: Jessica Johnston
Snickerdoodles were a childhood favorite of mine, especially at Christmastime. They've become one of my German family's most common request, now that they've come to know them. It's also one of the easiest recipes to make. The one trick is finding cream of tartar, but that's actually available in specially formulated baking powder (Weinsteinbackpulver) in any supermarket.
1 cups
240 ml
butter
Butter
1 1⁄2 cups
360 ml
sugar
Zucker
flour
1⁄2 tsp
2.5 ml
salt
Salz
For cinnamon sugar
3 Tbsp
45 ml
sugar
Zucker
1 Tbsp
15 ml
cinnamon
Zimt
- Mix together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside
- In a mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Mix in the eggs and vanilla. Slowly add in the dry ingredients.
- Mix the 3 parts sugar and one part cinnamon in a bowl
- Form the dough into 1-inch balls and roll in the cinnamon sugar to coat them well.
- Place them 2 inches apart on a lined baking sheet and bake at 175°C (350°F) for 8-10 minutes. Let cool on a cooling rack