Snickerdoodles!

          

I’ve been craving cookies lately, then again, who doesn’t? Cookies are awesome.

Thursday evening into Friday morning I saw the midnight premier of The Dark Knight Rises. I got home around 4 am and just passed out. Once I woke up I was feeling lazy and didn’t feel like going out anywhere so I decided to be somewhat productive and make cookies!

I went into the Joy of Cooking book and found an awesome snickerdoodle recipe. The book informed me that the name snickerdoodle may be from the German word schneckennudeln, which means crinkly noodles. Who knew?

To make these delicious cookies you’ll need:

For the cookies:

2 cups all-purpose flour</p)

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 large eggs

For the coating:

1/4 cup sugar

4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

– Position a rack in the upper third of the oven

– Pre-head the oven to 350 degrees and grease cookie sheets

– Sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt

– Beat butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy and well blended

– Add the eggs and beat until well combined

– Stir in the flour mixture until well blended and smooth

– Pull of pieces of the dough and roll into 1 1/4-inch balls

– Roll the balls into the cinnamon sugar mixture

– Space coated balls about 2 3/4 inches apart on the cookie sheets

– Bake one sheet at a time for about 8 to 11 minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown around the edges

– Let the cookie sheets cool between batches or the copies may spread too much

Enjoy!

Maybe after making a few more batches of various cookies, my cookie cravings will go away. For now, I’ll just have to sit back and indulge myself.