Soft, puffy, light and fluffy! Snickerdoodles that is! The classic cookie you know and love. My Snickerdoodles are buttery and full of cinnamon-y flavor. These are seriously the best Snickerdoodles!
This recipe does not require chilling, but the dough can be chilled in the refrigerator for up to three days before baking. I chilled my cookie dough overnight and always chill my dough if I have the time. It helps the flavors to marry and helps to prevent flat cookies.
Lets bake y’all!
Snickerdoodle Cookies
Print RecipeIngredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1-1/3 cups white granulated sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon water
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- TOPPING:
- 1/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- sanding sugar (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375-degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the butter. Beat the butter at medium-high speed until light and creamy. Add the sugar to butter and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla extract and water to the butter-sugar mixture. Mix until combined.
Change the mixer speed to low and add the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to the bowl. Mix until ingredients are just incorporated. Remove the bowl from the mixer.
PREPARE TOPPING: In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Using a standard sized cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough balls. Roll each cookie dough ball into the cinnamon-sugar mixture and place cookies on prepared baking sheets.
Bake cookies, one cookie sheet at a time, in 375-degree oven for 8-minutes. Remove baked cookies from the oven and option to sprinkle sanding sugar immediately on top of each cookie. Let baked cookies set on the cookie sheet for several minutes before transferring cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling. Repeat process with second cookie sheet.
Notes
If you chilled your dough in the refrigerator prior to baking, remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator 30-minutes before baking. The topping does not adhere to cold cookie dough very well.
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36 Comments
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
December 12, 2017 at 12:02 PMI love snickerdoodles and these look so soft and fluffy!
Kelly
December 13, 2017 at 5:35 PMThank you Kelsie! Snickerdoodles are a favorite of ours too! So YUMMY!!
Katherine | Love In My Oven
December 12, 2017 at 2:35 PMSuch a classic cookie!! These look nothing short of perfect. I could probably eat all 120 😉
Kelly
December 13, 2017 at 5:35 PMAwww! Thanks Katherine. Truth be told, I could probably eat all 120 too hehehe 🙂
Christy
December 12, 2017 at 3:31 PMI haven’t had a snickerdoodle in ages and these look soooo good!! We keep making chocolate chip cookies and I’m ready for something different. I also need to make a dessert for the fellowship time after church Sunday. This totally works! As long as I can share….Maybe I’ll double the recipe! 🙂
And I actually bought unsalted butter today because I thought of you today while getting butter. lol Thanks for yet another yummy recipe!
Blessings,
Christy
Kelly
December 13, 2017 at 5:37 PMAwww! You are so sweet Christy! I love how you thought of me when buying unsalted butter (that actually totally made my day!). These cookies would definitely be a hit after church! Let me know if you make these and what you think. Have a great week Christy! XOXO 🙂
Christy
December 16, 2017 at 12:52 PMWell…we made them. They are soooooooo good! New plan is to make a box mix cake for the potluck and aside from one dozen I am sharing with a neighbor, we are eating the rest!! They are exactly how you described and very easy to make.
Thanks again!!
Blessings my friend,
Christy
Kelly
December 17, 2017 at 12:16 PMHi Christy! Awesome! I am so glad you made these and loved them! They are so good, right?! Happy Holidays and happy baking my friend 🙂 XOXO
Maria Doss
December 12, 2017 at 3:53 PMOne perfect fluffy, pillowy cookie!!!! Can’t beat the classic and this is a classic perfected!!! Looks like clouds of cinnamon heaven.
Kelly
December 13, 2017 at 5:38 PMYessssss…..I totally agree Maria! I wouldn’t mind walking around in a cloud of cinnamon heaven hehehe 🙂 Have a great rest of the week my dear!! XOXO
Kim | The Baking ChocolaTess
December 12, 2017 at 4:42 PMSnickerdoodles are the best! I love a buttery, soft and fluffy snickerdoodle! I feel sorry for you rolling all those balls, but it was a good cause! Love! 🙂
Kelly
December 13, 2017 at 5:39 PMThanks Kim! It became almost laughable at how many balls of cookie dough I had to roll hehehe. But TOTALLY worth it! These cookies are nothing short of amazing! 🙂
Amy
December 12, 2017 at 8:48 PMI love snickerdoodles. That is ambitious of you to do wedding refreshments. I’m glad that you survived – that sounds like so much work! Thank you for sharing the snickerdoodle recipe. I hope that you are getting a break now.
Kelly
December 13, 2017 at 5:41 PMThanks Amy! It was a lot of work, but wasn’t as stressful for me as doing a birthday cake. I always stress out about decorating cakes!! So I was loving how easy it was to make these cookies (despite rolling 120 cookie dough balls heheheh). XOXO 🙂
gardeningfoodie
December 13, 2017 at 11:15 AMThee look so pillowy soft and delicious Kelly…I haven’t made these in ages, I would love to try this recipe 🙂
Kelly
December 13, 2017 at 5:42 PMThank you! I hope you do try these cookies! Totally perfect for Christmas!! Let me know if you make them 🙂 XOXO
Sweet Coralice
December 13, 2017 at 12:28 PMWowzers, that’s a whole lotta cookie dough!! Thank goodness for cookie scoops, right! These look so delicious and I’ve got a serious craving for one right now. Well, considering I’m in the mood for a movie and being a couch potato, I think it’s more like a dozen that’ll keep me pacified, lol 😉
Kelly
December 13, 2017 at 5:42 PMHehehe I like the way you think! A movie, couch time and cookies are the epitome of my perfect night hahaha. Thanks dear! Have a great week! XOXO
Amy (Savory Moments)
December 13, 2017 at 12:34 PMI love snickerdoodles! These look perfect!
Kelly
December 13, 2017 at 5:43 PMThank you Amy! I sooooooo love Snickerdoodles too 🙂 XOXO
GiGi Eats Celebrities
December 13, 2017 at 5:55 PMThese babies look so fluffy and amazinnnngggg!!!!! Gah! My eyes are watering… Cause they’re drooling? huh? lol
Kelly
December 16, 2017 at 8:02 AMHahahahahahahaha you always leave the funniest comments 🙂 Thanks girly! XOXOXO
H.A.G.
December 13, 2017 at 7:26 PMTotally pinned! These look fantastic!
Kelly
December 16, 2017 at 8:02 AMThank you! They are a family favorite for sure 🙂 XOXO
Melissa
December 19, 2017 at 3:50 PMMy great aunt used to always make snickerdoodles and they were so good. These look just like hers! Pinned!!
Kelly
December 20, 2017 at 6:01 AMThanks Melissa!! Snickerdoodles are the BEST!! Thanks for pinning! XOXOX
H.A.G.
January 26, 2018 at 3:34 PMThese smell fantastic-I am just pulling these out of the oven now! Great and easy recipe!
Kelly
January 27, 2018 at 4:18 PMYay!!! I am so excited that you tried this recipe and that you liked them! They are a favorite in our house year round! XOXO 🙂
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