Nanny Maxs Snickerdoodles Recipes

JENNY DEBELL'S SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• To make the cookies: Place the margarine and sugar in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle and mix until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down the sides of the bowl before each addition. Add the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt and mix until everything is well incorporated. Cover with waxed paper or plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours or freeze up to 2 weeks.
• To make the cinnamon sugar: Place the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix to combine.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• To form the cookies, break off small pieces and roll into 1-inch balls. Roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Transfer to the oven and bake until just barely golden, about 8 to 10 minutes. For crisper cookies, cool on the cookie sheet. For softer cookies, cool for 2 minutes and then remove to a rack. Cool the cookie sheet between batches.

SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar and the eggs and mix thoroughly with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy and well combined, 1 to 2 minutes. Sift together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt, and stir into the shortening mixture.
• In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar with the cinnamon.
• Shape the dough into 1 1/2-inch balls (1 tablespoon per ball), and roll each ball in the cinnamon-sugar. Arrange the dough balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake two sheets at a time until the edges of the cookies are set but the centers are still soft, 8 to 10 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway through. Transfer the cookies to wire racks for cooling. Repeat with the remaining dough balls. Store in an airtight container.

GIANT SNICKERDOODLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400˚ F. Whisk the flour, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, the cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl until combined.
• Beat the butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and the brown sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla until well combined. Reduce the mixer speed to low. Add the flour mixture and beat until just combined.
• Combine the remaining 2 tablespoons granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl. Pat the dough together into a ball. Roll in the cinnamon sugar until well coated, sprinkling the cinnamon sugar on the dough as you go. Put the dough in the center of an unlined baking sheet. Press into an 8-inch round, about 1/2 inch thick. Sprinkle any remaining cinnamon sugar over the dough.
• Bake until the cookie is cracked in the center and light golden brown around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the pan to a rack and let the cookie cool completely on the pan. Cut into wedges.

EGGNOG SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Beat sugar, butter, shortening, eggs, rum extract, and brandy extract together in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt; mix until dough is just combined.
• Mix colored sugar and nutmeg together in a small bowl.
• Roll dough into 1 1/4-inch balls; coat with colored sugar mixture and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are beginning to crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• For the dough: In a large bowl, add the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, Kosher and sea salts. Mix until combined and set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the butter on medium speed for 5 to 10 seconds. Add the sugars and beat until the butter mixture is aerated and pale in color, approximately 4 minutes. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula to bring the batter together. Crack eggs into a small cup or bowl and add the vanilla. With the mixer at medium speed, add eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture, one egg at a time, mixing the first briefly before adding the second, until the batter resembles cottage cheese, approximately 5 seconds for each egg. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula to bring the batter together. Mix on medium speed for 20 to 30 seconds, until just combined. Add dry ingredients all at once and mix on low speed until dough comes together but still looks shaggy, approximately 30 seconds. Do not overmix. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer. With a plastic bench scraper, bring the dough completely together by hand.
• Assemble the cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line sheet pans with parchment paper. Make the coating by mixing the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl, ensuring there is plenty of room in bowl to roll dough in sugar. Using an ice cream scoop, portion dough into 24 mounds and roll into balls. Coat each ball completely in cinnamon sugar. Evenly space balls on the lined sheet pans.
• Bake cookies 10-12 minutes. After 8 minutes, rotate the pan and bake until the tops are barely set and the edges are lightly golden, another 2-4 minutes. When the cookies are done, slap the pan against a hard surface to "settle" them and cool in the pan. Using a metal spatula, transfer the cookies to a wire rack to further cool completely. Repeat with the remaining dough.