My sisters and I used to make these simple cookies when we were young and try to sell them in our neighborhood.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened.
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2-3/4 Cups flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
Method:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In bowl of mixer, cream butter and 1-1/2 cups sugar thoroughly, then add eggs and incorporate thoroughly, mix in the vanilla.
- Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.
- Add dry ingredients into butter mixture and mix well.
- Chill dough, and chill 2 large ungreased cookie sheets for about 10-15 minutes in the fridge.
- Meanwhile, mix 3 tablespoons sugar, and 3 teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Roll dough into small balls about 1 inch in diameter and drop into sugar-cinnamon mixture.
- Coat by gently rolling balls of dough in the sugar/cinnamon mixture.
- Place on chilled ungreased cookie sheet, and bake 10 minutes – 20 minutes. This varies due to the pan you choose and whether you cook one sheet at a time.
- Remove from pan after they cool slightly.
- Yield approx. 4 dozen.
I overloaded my cookie sheets and put two pans in the oven at the same time so it took a full 20 minutes for them to bake. Make sure to leave a good amount of space between the balls of dough.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
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We always enjoy a good Snickerdoodle around here. Thanks, Ellen, for sharing your recipe.
…they are a favorite.
Snickerdoodles are yummy! Do you leave the cookies as “balls” on the cookie sheet and they flatten on their own or do you flatten them?
I left them as balls but you could flatten them slightly, too.
Pure happiness comes from snickerdoodle cookie love and enjoying memories one cinnamon swirl at a time!
Yum, one of my favorite cookies. Thanks for sharing.
Have a happy weekend.
These are a favorite at out house and also with the kids at church.
When I eat the snickerdoodles that other people make, I always like them. But when I make them, they seem kind of blah. Maybe I will try again in 2026 and please myself more 😉
I am going to have to make these, they look absolutely scrumptious! Thanks for the share 🙂
YUM!