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Snickerdoodle Cookies

Tender, chewy, perfectly sweet, with a hint of nutmeg and the perfect amount of cinnamon snickerdoodles are the comfort food of the cookie world!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course baked goods
Cuisine baked goods
Servings 18 large cookies

Equipment

  • stand mixer, or hand mixer
  • baking sheets

Ingredients
  

  • 1 - 8 ounce block of cream cheese
  • 1 cup butter does not need to be softened
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 4 cups all purpose unbleached flour
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda

sugar coating

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar course raw sugar works well too
  • 1 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

Preheat oven to 350 degree

  • In mixing bowl cream butter and cream cheese together until light and fluffy. Add sugar to butter mixture and beat until creamy, on high for 2 minutes or so. Turn speed to low, add vanilla, and eggs. Scrape down sides of bowl to make sure everything is equally incorporated.
  • Combine flour, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients mix well. Place cookie dough in refrigerator for 1 hour before baking.
    Or you can scoop out cookie dough with a large cookie scoop, place on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Place cookie sheet in freezer for 15 minutes.
  • Combine 1/2 cup sugar with cinnamon. If you haven't already scooped dough into balls then do so now using a large cookie dough scoop form into 1 1/2 -2 inch balls and roll in cinnamon sugar, before baking press balls down with the palm of hand and sprinkle more spiced sugar on top. Bake for 12 minutes, cookie should look slightly under done, allow cookies to completely cool on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack or container.
Keyword cinnamon, cookie, nutmeg, snickerdoodle
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