Mom’s Signature Snickerdoodle Recipe

Mom’s Signature Snickerdoodle Recipe is timeless. The cookies are light and fluffy on the inside with just a little bit of crispiness on the outside. 

A big glass of milk, after school cartoons and a pile of my Mom’s signature snickerdoodle cookies and everything in the world was right. If only it could be that simple again.

What is simple is this timeless full-proof recipe. You can even make the dough ahead of time, store it in the refrigerator and make a batch of hot delicious cookies. My Mom’s recipe calls for cream of tartar, which I just happened to have but had no idea why she used it. So I looked it up and learned that it acts as a stabilizer for eggs and it gives the cookies a bit of volume. These cookies are light and fluffy on the inside with just a little bit of crispiness on the outside.

If you like these cookies, you’ll also like Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough Bites.

Mom’s Signature Snickerdoodle Recipe

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• Author: krazykitchenmom

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Mom’s Signature Snickerdoodle Recipe is timeless. The cookies are light and fluffy on the inside with just a little bit of crispiness on the outside.

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Ingredients

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For the cookie dough:

• 1 cup of butter – softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

For the cinnamon sugar dusting

• 4 TBS sugar
• 2 TBS ground cinnamon

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Instructions

1. In a small bowl, mix the 4 TBS sugar and 2 TBS ground cinnamon and set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 375°
3. Sift together – flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt.
4. With a stand mixer or hand mixer, mix butter, sugar and eggs until creamy.
5. Slowly add in dry ingredients.
6. Chill dough for 1 hour or overnight.
7.  Roll dough into balls the size of walnuts (that’s what Mom wrote on her recipe).
8. Roll cookie balls in cinnamon sugar mix.
9. Place on a cookie sheet.
10. Bake for 13 minutes.