How to Make Perfect Snickerdoodle Cookies at Home
Test cook Elle Simone shows Julia how to make the ultimate Snickerdoodles.
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I never ate these when I was a kid. An acquaintance began to give snickerdoodle cookies to my wife and I several Christmases ago, and she has made it a tradition.
I wish that she would stop because they have an unusual taste that I do not enjoy. After all these years, I decided to find out what makes them taste so bad.
All the ingredients are typical for cookies except for the cream of tartar, I'm guessing that's the guilty party.
Anybody make this recipe and use oatmeal?
I tried this and the cookies didn’t last 24 hours in my house. My kids loved it
I followed this recipe to the T tonight but unfortunately cookies came out crispy with no chewy center. Any suggestions?
were these made in a convection oven?? many of us don't have one!
Could you give the measurements in grams please?
Made snickerdoodles many times. You don't have to roll into a ball. Just use a teaspoon to dip, drop into the cinnamon mix, and roll the dough around to coat. Place on baking sheet, and the cookies turn out almost perfectly round.
The best recipe of snickerdoodles I’ve tried yet!
Oh so yummy!!
I’ve never come across a snickerdoodle recipe without nutmeg but I will definitely be trying this recipe.
This episode is so cute. I want to live in their kitchen!
Love ATK but my cookies stayed puffy! What went wrong!
This recipe is really good. I messed up and written the incorrect measurement for sugar. It came out overly sweet but the texture and consistency is amazing. First ever baking recipe that I succeeded in!! In my country, it's really hard to find the right spoon measurements. I recently found a measurement set from Daiso and I'm hoping for more successful recipes. <3
So inauthentic. They should be selling used cars somewhere.
Every goddamn time I look up a recipe they feel the need to tell me thier life story the history of snickerdoodles and everytime they ever had one before the recipe even starts
Just made them and they turned out fantastic so thank you! All butter version worked great. I appreciated the quick pace of the presentation btw.
I’ve made snickerdoodle for years from my Old cookbook. Love them
Problem: they smell soooo good that they’re ALL gone in one day!!!! Memau from Georgia
Absolutely the worst cookie I have ever put in my mouth!!!! Has no taste!!!
Booo!
You have to pay to get the exact recipe.
I made these cookies today and they were a disaster 😭 I’ve been baking cookies for 15+ years but I can never get snickerdoodles to come out right. I’ve tried many different recipes and bake temps and they always come out flat. This recipe by far was the worst results I’ve ever had. What am I doing wrong? 😭
How many cookies does this make?
I just made these cookies. The cookies were disgusting. Absolutely no flavor!!!
What do you mean cook at 10 minutes and rotate at 5???
Is this recipe soft but crunchy?
Mine don’t go flat. They look like biscuits! 🤷♂️
Where is the vanilla?
Funny these were the first cookies I had ever made too in Home-Ec 8th grade! I knew I would be making these for the rest of my life too! Crazy!!
First, let me start off by saying how much I love this channel. I made these cookies a few days ago and I did not have the same results as everyone else on here seems to have had. I got 42 cookies, not 24. I used a standard cookie scoop and mine seemed to spread out a little more. However, they did taste great and everyone that tried them loved them and remarked on how buttery they tasted. Also, why is there no vanilla in this recipe?