Soft & Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies
Everyone loves fresh warm cookies fresh from the oven. These Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies are not only a classic after school snack, they are a perfect cookie to make in large batches to give as gifts. Plus, the kids love helping make this since they get to roll the cookies into cinnamon sugar. We invited friends over for a cookie making party, complete with a tasting at the end, of course.
To start the party, everyone headed to the sink to wash and dry their hands so they could help make the dough. Since all the kids wanted to be able to see what was going on, they piled around and on top of the kitchen counter ready to join in! This recipe is perfect for using those helpers since there is more than just measuring but scooping and rolling the dough, too! Making cookies with kids might be messy, but that’s all part of the fun!
How to Make Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies
Ingredients:
- 3 Cups Cake Flour
- 2 1/2 Teaspoons Cream of Tartar
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- 2 Sticks Unsalted Butter
- 2 Cups Granulated Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 3 Eggs
Cinnamon Sugar Coating:
- ¼ Cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Ground Cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Gather a big group of kids to help with the scooping, mixing, and cookie dough rolling!
In large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs until smooth.
Sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
Mix together wet and dry ingredients.
Use a small scoop or spoon to create 1” cookie balls.
Roll each ball in cinnamon sugar mixture. This is the kids very favorite part to help with!
Place cookie 2 inches apart on baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 12-13 minutes or until golden brown on top.
While the cookies are cooking, we sent all the kids to the sink to wash their hands since they were touching and rolling the raw cookie dough. Even with dirty hands, they could easily turn on our faucet without making a big mess by touching the faucet with the back of their hand or just a finger instead of coating the faucet handle in cookie dough and cinnamon!
You might notice the sink full of prep dishes below their hands, but even though cookie making means dishes and a flour speckled counter, you can barely notice the mess passed the happy kids faces who were thrilled to get to have fun and build memories with you.
Chewy & Soft Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe
Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Cake Flour
- 2 1/2 Teaspoons Cream of Tartar
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- 2 Sticks Unsalted Butter
- 2 Cups Granulated Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 3 Eggs
Cinnamon Sugar Coating:
- ¼ Cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Ground Cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs until smooth.
- Sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Mix together wet and dry ingredients.
- Use a small scoop or spoon to create 1” cookie balls.
- Roll each ball in cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Place cookie 2 inches apart on baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 12-13 minutes or until golden brown on top.
I stashed a few cookies aside for pictures, and then piled up the rest on a plate. I wish I would have snapped a picture of the cookie being devoured, but the kids swarmed the plate and they were literally gone in minutes! These Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies are sure to be a hit with everyone in your house. They are wonderfully chewy and soft.
I love Snicker Doodles and this sounds like a great recipe. My only concern is finding the cake flour, I don’t know if I have ever seen cake flour. Next time I am at the store I will have to look for it.
Thank you for the great recipe.
Oh these looks so good! I can never get mine chewy, I’ll have to try this recipe. And you got some great photos too, very cute!
This looks fabulous! Pinned. We couldn’t think of anyone better to party with! Thank you for stopping by. I hope to see you on Monday at 7 pm. http://loulougirls.blogspot.com/
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I love all the pics of the kids helping :). so yummy!
These cookies look amazing. I Love snicker doodle cookies and the presentation is amazing. I have to bookmark for christmas. I love doing cookie exchanges.
These look delicious. I love that the kids helped!
These sound so good, but I don’t have any cake flour!
Mmm, these look yummy! I love snickerdoodles!
I’ve never had a snickerdoodle. Sure do look yummy.
I haven’t had Snickerdoodles since I was a kid. I think these sound really good.
I love a chewy cookie so this is awesome! Must try it soon!
Those look fantastic and I am going to make some for the kids and I! Thanks for sharing. This is going on my must make list.
Just last year did I have my first snickerdoodle cookie! It was SO good! I also used them and added some chocolate chips and marshmallows and made them s’mores cookies! They were SO good!
Oh my gosh yum, those look good! It reminds me, I was carrying a tin of brownies through the airport the other day you would be surprised at how many people commented on them.
YUMMY! What a great recipe. I’ve never tried snickerdoodle cookies before.
These sound amazing. The kids look like they are having a blast.
I’ve pinned this recipe for our Christmas cookies. I have been wanting a new sink faucet. Delta seems like they have great products.
Yum, thanks for the recipe! That faucet looks like it makes clean up a breeze, too.
I love snickerdoodles. Great fall cookies. Life is fun to get a little messy.
MMMMM, Snickerdoodles are so good! Looks like a fun time getting everyone involved! 🙂
I love Snickerdoodles, there is no other cookie that compares to them. I have to try to make them myself. And I soooo love your Delta faucet!
I love snickerdoodle! I was just craving some the other day so I sent my husband to get me some snickerdoodle cupcakes! I will have to try this recipe out ASAP!
love the cookies, and love kids in the kitchen ideas! Looks like a great time! 🙂
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These look so good! Thankyou for linking up to What’s Cooking Wednesday last week. You have been chosen as our featured blogger! Hope you come share another recipe with us! http://www.turningclockback.com/2014/10/whats-cooking-wednesday-recipe-linky-59.html
I love Snickerdoodles. My oven has a curse when it comes to baked goods. Its old and doesn’t work right half the time, which always seems to be when I am trying to make something fun and yummy.
I love Snickerdoodles. They’re the perfect cookie for fall weather. We have a Delta faucet in the bathroom and I love it.
Snickerdoodles always remind me of Christmas, and that’s a great memory. I like making cookies with the kids – it maybe messy, but worth it for the fun and yummy treats we wind up with!
Your faucet is amazing! And after making those delicious cookies, you definitely need clean hands!
I love snickerdoodles! Your recipe sounds really good!
Those sound SO good. My boys love helping to make cookies, too!
Mmmmm snickerdoodles – and I love that the kids helped. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy
These look so delicious and my kids would love to help make them. To me they would make a really nice gift tied up like these and placed in an airtight container.
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I can’t wait to try these! Not only because snicker doodles are my favorite, but because it looks like you had a ton of fun making them with your boys.
Snickerdoodles are a favorite at our house. You had cute helpers!
These look great! Snickerdoodle cookies are my hubby’s favorite. I always love the way they smell; so good.
Looks fabulous. I have a major sweet tooth….and wish I had one of your cookies now.
Yum! Thanks for the recipe!
These cookies look amazing! I agree about not worrying about a little mess. I always say my house is well lived in.