Timeless Snickerdoodle Cookies

Whether you like your snickerdoodle cookies cakey or chewy, this dish has you covered. The trick to altering up their texture lies in how long you beat the cookie batter. For traditional snickerdoodles with a cakey bite, beat for a complete 3 minutes after including the eggs (set a timer: it’s longer than you believe). This aerates the dough, leading to a striking crackly surfacearea. For chewy snickerdoodle cookies, beat for simply 30 seconds; their centers will be somewhat more thick, moreeffective to some, and similarly adorable in our books.

Either method, our snickerdoodle cookie dish lessens preparation time by calling for melted butter (i.e., no waiting around for softened). Cream of tartar provides them their signature appetizing taste. As for the other activeingredients, there aren’t lotsof, so select carefully: Seek out a warm, powerful cinnamon (we like this one from Burlap & Barrel) and a plump, glossy vanilla bean (if you can’t discover one, replacement 1 tsp. ground vanilla or 1 Tbsp. vanilla bean paste or topquality vanilla extract).

No requirement to cool the dough: Just let it sit on the counter for 30 minutes to company up priorto scooping. Roll the cookie dough balls in cinnamon-sugar and offer the buttery appeals plenty of space on your cookie sheet giventhat they’ll spread rather a bit. These blonde cookies shouldn’t take on much color; wear’t be lured to leave them in the oven, lest you wind up with crispy cookies, which is not the ambiance here. If you have bonus—we doubt you’ll have additionals—store them in an airtight container or pack them in vacation cookie tins. ’Tis the season for sharing.