Description
Festive Christmas Snickerdoodles dance with warm cinnamon and sugary cheer, bringing holiday magic to cookie lovers. Sprinkled with seasonal joy, these delightful treats will melt your heart and delight your taste buds.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Dry Ingredients:
- 2 ¾ cups (344 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup (227 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups (300 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Coating and Decorative Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons red sanding sugar
- 2 tablespoons green sanding sugar
Instructions
- Prepare your kitchen workspace and gather all necessary tools for crafting festive snickerdoodles.
- Calibrate the oven temperature to 400F (200C) for optimal baking conditions.
- Protect baking surfaces by lining sheets with parchment paper.
- Blend flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a medium mixing vessel, ensuring uniform distribution of dry components.
- Utilize an electric mixer to transform softened butter and granulated sugar into a light, airy mixture.
- Incorporate eggs individually, thoroughly integrating each before adding the next.
- Infuse the mixture with vanilla extract for enhanced aromatic depth.
- Gently fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture, avoiding overmixing to maintain cookie tenderness.
- Create a festive coating by combining granulated sugar and ground cinnamon in a separate container.
- Divide the cinnamon-sugar mixture into two distinct bowls.
- Enhance holiday spirit by introducing red and green sanding sugars to each respective bowl.
- Carefully form dough into uniform tablespoon-sized spheres.
- Artfully coat half the dough balls in red-tinted cinnamon sugar and the remaining half in green-tinted cinnamon sugar.
- Arrange sugar-coated dough balls on prepared baking sheets, maintaining strategic spacing.
- Position trays in preheated oven, allowing cookies to transform for 8-10 minutes.
- Monitor cookies until edges become firm while centers retain a delicate softness.
- Extract cookies from oven and allow brief resting on baking sheets.
- Transfer delicate snickerdoodles to wire cooling racks, completing the festive baking journey.
Notes
- Softening butter is crucial; let it sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes to achieve the perfect creamy texture without melting.
- Use fresh, high-quality ground cinnamon for the most vibrant flavor in your holiday cookies.
- Avoid overmixing the dough to prevent tough, dense cookies – mix just until ingredients are combined.
- For a gluten-free version, swap all-purpose flour with a 1:1 gluten-free baking blend to accommodate dietary needs.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 60 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg