Your New Favorite Snickerdoodle Recipe

Something about a snow day calls for a delicious recipe of freshly baked, warm cookies.

There’s something about freshly baked cookies that brings so much happiness and comfort, am I right?

Whether you’re a busy mom or a homemaker, baking cookies can be a great way to relax and destress.

Today, in Friday Favorites, I’m sharing a new recipe that will soon become your all-time favorite – Snickerdoodle Cookies. Not only are they easy to make, but they’re also delicious and perfect for sharing with your loved ones.

And if you want to switch things up a little bit, I’ll also show you how you can substitute the cinnamon sugar coating with chocolate chips to make your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Let’s dive in.

A Made to Share Recipe

A few years ago I found this recipe book at Target around Christmastime. It caught my attention immediately because it was from Good Housekeeping. My MIL (whom I sadly never met) had a treasure trove of GH cookbooks for me to sift through as a newlywed.

This particular book, though small in binding, was power packed with delicious cookie recipes. The best part? It was a cookie swap cook book.

Every recipe in this book is measured and meant to share! I couldn’t believe it. This specific year, that is exactly what my friends and I decided to do for Christmas.

I thought this was amazing because who wants to do the math to double and triple recipes? Not this former hairstylist. I love to write. Not do math.

The Most Delicious Snickerdoodle Recipe Ever

I had always wanted to make Snickerdoodles but never actually did. Until I found the recipe.

I am not exaggerating when I say, to this day, these are my most requested cookies from friends and family and my own kids.

They are easy to make and almost easier to consume. Bonus – they’re gorgeous.

Perfectly round and crinkled and sparkling with sugar specks.

I have been making these for years now and have perfected my own twists and confections. I swapped white sugar for Sugar in the Raw and I omit the cream of tartar and baking soda for good old fashioned baking powder.

AND, I got crazy with the math and turned the sharable recipe into a perfectly portioned family size.

I won’t keep you waiting any longer. Let’s get to cookie making.

Ingredients

3 c. Flour
1 tbsp. Baking powder
1 c. Butter
1 1/3 c. Sugar in the Raw + 1/4 c. For top
2 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
1.5 tsp. cinnamon for top

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. In mixer beat butter and sugar at medium speed until combined.
3. Add in eggs and vanilla.
4. Lower speed and add in flour and baking powder.
5. Mix until combined and comes together.
6. In a small bowl combine sugar and cinnamon.
7. Shape dough into 1 inch balls and coat in sugar and cinnamon mixture.
8. Place on cookie sheet and bake 10 min or until cookies are set and crinkled.

Cool on cookie rack for a few minutes & enjoy!

Change it to A Chocolate Chip Recipe

We JUST decided to get a little crazy today because my kids could not decide which cookie they wanted more; snickerdoodle or chocolate chip.

While I love baking, mama was NOT going to make two different cookie doughs. But, I must admit I was torn, too.

So, I decided to coat half of the dough in the cinnamon sugar mixture and mix in chocolate chips with the other half.

These turned out to be my FAVORITE chocolate chip cookies, and the consensus agreed. This is a big deal in our home. We have been a predominantly Magnolia Chocolate Chip fam.

If you want to try this out and get two cookies out of one recipe – look no further. After step 5 – add in 1 cup of chocolate chips (1/2 cup if you’re doing half snickerdoodle/half chocolate chip like we did).

That’s it. Easy peasy lemon squeezie.

Share YOUR Favorite Recipes!

I love a good cookie swap, but sharing recipes may be my absolute favorite thing. I cannot be the only one who spends hours on Pinterest looking for recipe ideas (I’m pretty sure that’s what most my boards are created for)!

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