Snickerdoodles
 
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A little bit crunchy and a little bit chewy, these snickerdoodles are loaded with cinnamon and are a perfect afternoon snack!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: about 36 cookies
Ingredients
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • ½ cup shortening
  • 1½ cups white sugar, plus ¼ cup
  • 1 tsp. Kosher salt
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 2½ tsp. vanilla extract
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 large egg
  • 3 tsp. ground cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375F.
  2. Sift flour into a bowl and set aside.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter and shortening with 1¼ cups sugar until light and fluffy. Add the salt, baking powder, vanilla and pinch of nutmeg and mix until combined. Add the egg and then add the flour, a little at a time, until combined.
  4. Roll into balls about 1 tablespoon each.
  5. In a small bowl, combine cinnamon with remaining ¼ cup sugar.
  6. Roll the ball of dough in the cinnamon-sugar and place a couple inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets.
  7. Baked until cooked through, about 7-10 minutes. Allow to cool on baking sheets for about 10 minutes.
Recipe by white plate blank slate at https://whiteplateblankslate.com/snickerdoodles/