Description
Ina Garten’s Snickerdoodles deliver classic comfort with a baker’s signature touch of cinnamon-sugar magic. Her simple yet irresistible recipe promises warm, pillowy cookies that melt in your mouth and transport you to sweet childhood memories.
Ingredients
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Dry Ingredients:
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- ½ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
Coating:
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Prepare the oven environment by heating to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius), ensuring an even temperature for optimal baking.
- In a medium mixing bowl, thoroughly blend softened shortening with 1 of granulated sugar until the mixture achieves a smooth, creamy consistency.
- Incorporate whole eggs into the sugar-shortening mixture, stirring vigorously to create a uniform texture.
- Utilize a separate bowl to carefully sift together all dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt, eliminating potential lumps.
- Gradually fold the sifted dry ingredients into the creamy mixture, stirring methodically to ensure complete integration without overmixing.
- Create a separate coating mixture by combining of granulated sugar with ground cinnamon in a small shallow dish.
- Carefully shape the dough into uniform balls approximately the size of a walnut, using gentle rolling motions between your palms.
- Completely coat each dough ball by rolling it through the prepared cinnamon-sugar mixture, ensuring an even and thorough coverage.
- Arrange the coated dough balls on an ungreased cookie sheet, positioning them approximately 2 inches apart to allow for spreading during baking.
- Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes, watching for slight browning along the edges as an indicator of perfect doneness.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven and transfer cookies to wire cooling racks, allowing them to cool completely and develop their characteristic crisp texture.
Notes
- Achieve perfectly even baking by rolling dough into uniform balls using a small cookie scoop or tablespoon measure.
- Capture that classic soft texture by removing cookies from the oven just as edges start turning golden brown.
- Ensure precise rising and flavor by measuring cream of tartar and baking soda with exact, level measurements using proper measuring tools.
- Create a light, airy cookie base by thoroughly creaming shortening and sugar until the mixture becomes fluffy and pale.
- Allow shortening and eggs to warm naturally on the counter for smoother mixing and better ingredient incorporation.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 188
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg