466093 Mon Dec 03 14:56:18 -0800 2007 3 31 Home Cooking 0 3176357 Just the name of these cookies makes me smile. Yesterday a cold and blustery day in NoCA and bitten by the baking bug, I got out all my favorite cookie recipes, settled in on a snicker doodle recipe that I've made many times before. Chasing around a 23 month old toddler, and busy with other things, well guess what? I sort of made a couple of mistakes...I added cinnamon to the base batter, more pure vanilla than I should of, and then again added more cinnamon to the sugar cinnamon mix that you roll the cookies in. Several over adds. Shrug. Well because the recipe makes like 50 cookies I bagged a few up and passed them out on the court. The response was pretty encouraging. Of course the kids think I'm the best, but one mother a pastry perfectionist, commented that they were the best snicker doodles that she 's ever had! This time I made them smaller (for the toddler) and I'm glad. Because with the butter, and the the extra sugar, they are sweet, but they still have a truly wonderful crunch, and even today, soft and chewy inside. Thinking out loud, these would be perfect with a huge mug of Mexican Hot Chocolate! Have you ever had a goof that turns out so well? Fortunately I wrote the changes down, I can't wait to make these in a bigger size, and perhaps serve them with a pure vanilla homemade ice cream. I was also thinking of dipping the bottom in a dark chocolate? What do you think? I'll post my recipe if you want. But I also want to hear about your snickerdoodle recipes, are you willing to share??? Gosh what a great cookie! Tomorrow it's trial run for soft Molasses Cookies with light twirly glaze. Getting ready for gift giving is so much fun! So much for losing 2lbs a week... Mon Dec 03 14:56:18 -0800 2007 50431 chef chicklet 1 3180058 I use the recipe in the Joy of Cooking - made snickerdoodles all the time in college, because I usually had all the ingredients on hand. Once, when making them to bring to a professor's house, I accidentally doubled the butter the recipe called for. I got asked out by a guy in my class after he had some, who commented that he loved that I used real butter in my cooking (and apparently, too much of it). He didn't work out, but the cookies always are a hit. Tue Dec 04 17:47:17 -0800 2007 3176357 10604 jacinthe 2 3181286 Here is my recipe. I just love these cookies and they will be in the gift baskets for friends and families. The samples I've given to the nabes, well they love them and they have to be honest... here is mine. Snicker doodles – Sharon 2 Sticks butter - room temperature 1 3/4 C Baker’s sugar 2 large eggs- room temperature 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 2 ¾ cups flour-sifted –Kings Arthur’s 1 t baking soda 2 t cream of tartar ½ finely ground sea or kosher salt 1 T ground cinnamon *Cookie topping mix – ½ cup baker’s sugar, and 1 T cinnamon – reserve for later. 1. Cream butter and 1 ½ cup sugar in mixer until smooth – add the vanilla last 2. In another bowl whisk the eggs with the vanilla. 3. In a separate bowl – sift the flour, cinnamon, cream of tartar, salt, & baking soda. Use a whisk to mix well Into the creamed butter batter, add the eggs, beat well, and then add the flour and dry ingredients a little at a time. Once you have a stiff dough, wrap in plastic wrap and form a disk, and refrigerate for an hour. Meanwhile: heat the oven to 400 degrees, and mix the topping for the cookies…mix *½ C bakers sugar, and 1 T cinnamon- set aside. 4. Once the dough is cold, tear of small pieces about the size of a walnut or a little larger, and roll into perfect rounds. 5. Roll them in the sugar and cinnamon, coating the balls well. 6. Place on a silpat sheet or parchment paper, spacing them about 2- 3 inches apart, bake for 7 minutes and no longer. Remove cookies from the oven and cool on a baking rack, transfer to a glass jar for freshness. Made larger, these would make awesome ice cream sandwiches using vanilla ice cream! Wed Dec 05 07:52:57 -0800 2007 3180058 50431 chef chicklet 3 3182055 http://www.flickr.com/photos/7220939@N03/2088868607/ here they are... Wed Dec 05 11:20:08 -0800 2007 3181286 50431 chef chicklet