As a mother, its a beautiful thing to watch your kids grow into their own. What I try to do is encourage them in their natural abilities and giftings by supporting opportunities to grow in those areas. I have two daughters ages 6 and 8 and one is clearly a cook, and the other clearly a baker. This morning my 6yr old daughter asked if we could bake cookies. When I asked her which kind, she eagerly stated “Snickerdoodles”. So I asked her to pull up a stool in front of my Kitchenaid mixer and get started. I hand her each ingredient and she begins to make dough with the confidence of a seasoned baker. Oh yes, the girl is gifted. She understands what to look for when creaming butter with sugar as well as adding dry ingredients in stages. I’m a proud mama.
This tried and true recipe is from the classic Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (Better Homes & Gardens Plaid)
Snickerdoodles
Ingredients:
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 cup of butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 tsp. vanilla
3 tbl. sugar
1 tbl. cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl mix 3 tbl. of sugar and 1 tbl. of cinnamon. Set aside. Next, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add vanilla, milk, and eggs and beat well. Add baking soda, cream of tartar, and flour until the dough is well combined and formed.
Make one inch balls with a cookie scoop or spoon. Roll each ball in the mixture of cinnamon sugar.
Place cookies on a parchment paper (or greased) cookie sheet and slightly flatten each ball with the palm of your hand. Bake for 8-10 minutes until light golden. Makes approx. 66 cookies.
I have the Plaid Better Homes and Garden cookbook too! It was my first and has been used for years and years. My recipe for Snickerdoodles is on 162 and the only difference I see is the amount of vanilla. My book says 1 tsp and you say 2 tsp above. Now I LOVE vanilla extract and usually add a little more just because, so this doesn’t bother me at all. Did you increase the amount or maybe my book is older than yours?
Hi Alice,
My daughter requested that we make a snickerdoodle recipe for our Great American Bake Sale (to raise money to fight childhood hunger). So today, I packed up all of the ingredients, and brought them to her 3rd grade class – and we made the dough! It was a blast and fit in perfectly with their new lessons on fractions 🙂 Dough is in the freezer now until closer to our bake sale – I”ll post some photos on my blog pretty soon. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
cookies tasted good and my neighbor too asked for the recipe.
MARIA
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She looks like a natural! 🙂 Those cookies look very good!
Look at her making cookies! I’m impressed! And hungry. hehe I love Snickerdoodles!
Mmm, the world’s most perfect cookie.
I didn’t have my first snickerdoodle until I was almost done with college, but it’s oddly become one of those comfort foods I crave sometimes… Like right now:-)
These look perfect!
this is interesting to me because my daughter has been making snickerdoodles herself for years. she tried it once and got hooked.
Alice,
I have published some time ago an easy recipe (but not that detailed) for snickerdoodles, it can be found here: http://www.mangerati.com/first-snickerdoodles
These look fantastic! Snickerdoodles are one of my favourite cookies to make and eat. I hope one day my children will love to bake as much as I do.
Thanks everyone, my daughters are really amazing.
I love that cookbook – it was my cookbook purchase on my last visit to the US. And these are perfect Snickerdoodles! Congrats to a fabulous baker daughter! Yay!
This was such a neat entry … I’m 31 and my mom was over last night helping me bake a favorite from childhood. 🙂 We’re never too old to learn from our moms.
I haven’t had snickerdoodles in a long time – thanks for the reminder! These look wonderful! It’s so great that you spend time with your daughter in the kitchen… Many of my fondest memories of my childhood are memories of baking with my mom and my grandmother.
Alice, these look incredible! Your daughter is quite the baker!
Now, if only one of the baking or cooking genes that I have would catch onto my sister, then I’d be a really happy brother. Sadly, my *15* year old sister doesn’t even know what a spatula is. I know, very sad…
What a lovely thing to see young ones in the kitchen. I strongly believe that all children should be taught how to cook. It eventually makes them self sufficient – especially when they take off for college! Love the snickerdoodles. Congrats on your FFF award from the foodie blogroll.
So impressed by your precocious little one! I hope that when I have children I can positively support and encourage them in their interests as naturally and lovingly as you do with yours 🙂
can’t say these are my favorite cookie, but usually because they are flat and boring. I can tell your recipe looks like the perfect cakey cookie – such a beautiful blog!
I love snickerdoodles too! They are a classic. Your daughter is adorable!
What an adorable child after my own heart! Good for you mama!
Oh the cookies look good too! I love Snickerdoodles…yum:)
She looks so happy in the kitchen! I think I see a baking career in her future:)
I love snickerdoodles, but have never made them before. Looks really good! Also, it’s so great that you bake and cook with your kids. That’s awesome!
Gorgeous cookies. Gorgeous daughter. You should be very proud (sounds like you are). Good mama! I love snickerdoodles. How wonderful to pass on a love.
Too funny, I have never made Snickerdoodles before, finally did, post will go up on Saturday, and suddenly I see Snickerdoodles everywhere. Noble Pig has ’em too. Great minds think alike!
These look fantastic–different enough from the ones I tried that I think I will try these too. What fun to cook with your daughters–mine help but are still young enough that I don’t know which will want to do want.
PS Can you tell me how to find that retweet button you have?