Betty’s Snickerdoodle Cookies with Butter
My mom always made these cookies with shortening but since I have a strong affinity for butter, I had to make that one change. And isn’t that how it goes? The next generation always tweaking a little bit of what the previous generation did before.
2¾ cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
1½ cups sugar
2 large eggs
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Preheat your oven to 350°F.
Combine your flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and 1½ cups sugar with an electric mixer for approximately 3 minutes.
Add eggs one at a time.
Mix in vanilla.
Slowly add dry ingredients.
Wrap your dough up in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes and up to a day.
Meanwhile, combine 4 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon together
Pull your dough from the refrigerator. Break off by large tablespoons and form balls. Roll balls in cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 9-10 minutes or until slightly golden on edges. Pull from oven and let rest on cookie sheet for one minute. Move cookies to a cooking rack and let cool.
Eat and enjoy!
YIELD: 2 dozen
Thank you, Carrie, for capturing so much emotion in one post. I usually cry a bit, but today I am bawling. The mother-daughter bond through generations is a special one. Thanks for sharing and showing this so eloquently. Your photos of Hanna (and Nate) are stunning! Love, love, love xoxo
Thank you so much, Kim. I feel so fortunate to have gone through this whole first-born parenting experience with you. xo
You couldn’t be more right about how time flies when your children sprint through High School. My boys have all graduated from High School and this year my oldest daughter has done likewise. With such a large family, and my kids now leaving the nest (three are now in college) I’m starting to worry about how empty the house will feel.
I guess this is just another stage of life and we’ll just have to marvel as our kids learn new forms of independence. Thank you for the column, it was wonderful.
Greg, thank you so much for your thoughtful words. Yes, I suppose it’s another stage but I know we’ll miss the happy noise and excitement that children add to our homes. Guess we’ll find out before we know it.