In order to cheer up a loved one who wasn't feeling well, I decided to bake some cookies, event hough cookies and I haven't always exactly been friends. I've created hockey pucks and wafer thin disappointments in the past, and even the Joy of Cooking couldn't help me.
Usually when I have a craving for cookies I find myself at the grocery store purchasing refrigerated cookie dough. But these cookies were 'get well' cookies! I needed to break out the big guns, so I again turned to allrecipes.com and sought out the highest rated Snickerdoodle recipe available. I discovered Mrs. Sigg's Snickerdoodles by Beth Sigworth. I adapted these with the ingredients I had on hand by upping the butter and omitting the shortening. With a huge amount of butter, sugar, flour and a bit of cinnamon you can have a warm treat that is sure to please even the pickiest of palates.
Ingredients
Makes between 36-48 cookies.
1 cup (230g butter) softened
1 1/2cup (300g) white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons (10ml) vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups (345g) all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons (6g) cream of tarter
1 teaspoon (5g) baking soda
1/4 teaspoon (2g) salt
2 tablespoons (25g) white sugar
2 teaspoons (5g) cinnamon
Directions
1. Cream butter, 1 1/2cups (300g) sugar, eggs and vanilla together. Blend in the flour, cream of tarter, baking soda, and salt. Stick in the fridge to let the butter in the dough firm up a bit. This will stop the cookies from spreading like crazy when you bake them.
2. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
3. Mix the 2 tablespoons (25g) sugar with the 2 teaspoons (5g) cinnamon in a small bowl.
4. Shape the dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls. Roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar mixture and place 2 inches (5cm) apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. They actually took me 11 minutes most likely because I refrigerated the dough. You want the cookies to be set, but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets to cool.
If you aren't planning on eating them immediately place in a zip top bag once cooled. I found they stayed soft and chewy for four days in the bag. I'm sure they would have lasted longer, but who can keep cookies in the house for longer than four days?
NOM!
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