Best James Whitcome Riley Snickerdoodles Recipes

GRANDMA RUTH'S SNICKERDOODLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease.
• Beat 1 1/2 cups white sugar, butter, and eggs together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture until dough holds together.
• Mix 2 tablespoons white sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Form dough into 2-teaspoon-size balls and roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place dough balls, about 2 inches apart, on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven on the center rack for 7 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, with one rack in top third and one rack in bottom third of oven. Line baking sheets with Silpat baking mats or parchment paper; set aside.
• Sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine butter, shortening, and 1 1/2 cups sugar. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add eggs, and beat to combine. Add dry ingredients, and beat to combine.
• In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/4 cup sugar and the ground cinnamon. Use a small (1 1/4-ounce) ice-cream scoop to form balls of the dough, and roll in cinnamon sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake until the cookies are set in center and begin to crack (they will not brown), about 10 minutes, rotating the baking sheets after 5 minutes. Transfer the sheets to a wire rack to cool about 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to the rack. Store in an airtight container up to 1 week.

JAMES WHITCOME RILEY SNICKERDOODLES

Steps:

• in a large mixer bowl, cream the margarine.
• slowly add the 1 1/2 cups sugar, then the eggs.
• mix in the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt -- and gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• chill the dough overnight.
• combine the remaining sugar and the cinnamon on a small plate.
• divide the dough in half, keeping one half refrigerated until needed.
• shape the dough into balls the size of walnuts, and roll the balls in cinnamon sugar.
• place 2" apart on an ungreased baking sheet and bake just until golden.check the bottoms to make sure they are not getting too brown -- about 8 minutes.
• the cookies will puff up first, then flatten out with crinkles tops --
• cool on rack and store in a tightly covered container.