World's Best Snickerdoodles
The best snickerdoodle recipe ever, from But First, Cookies!
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 2 3/4 cups plus 2 Tbsp flour all purpose
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup softened butter salted
- 2 eggs large
- 1/2 cup shortening (Crisco)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar granulated
- 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- 3 Tbsp sugar granulated
- 4 tsp cinnamon ground
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, blend together the softened butter, shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla until well combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in thirds, mixing until just combined after each addition. Do not overmix!
- In a small bowl, combine the 3 Tbsp sugar and 4 tsp cinnamon.
- Roll 1-2 Tbsp of dough into balls. Roll in the small bowl of cinnamon/sugar and place onto parchment paper about 2 inches apart.
- Bake 8 minutes and 30 seconds. Remove from oven, wait 30 seconds, and then remove from baking sheet and allow to cool on a baking rack.