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Quite Possibly the Best Cookies I Have Ever Made

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May 17

I don’t know who Mrs. Sigg is, but she can come over to my house whenever she wants……

I felt like making cookies. I don’t know why – we have tons of them in the house right now and I have been trying to watch my sugar intake – but I was in the mood to make cookies. I even brought a cookie cookbook back to work with me after lunch to find a recipe to try. I called my husband to ask him what his favorite kind of cookie is (I can’t believe I didn’t even know his favorite cookie!!) He told me the top 3 were: 1 – Peanut Butter, which I didn’t want to make since the Basketball Team Cookies I made previously had peanut butter in them. 2 – Doubletree Cookies, which I still need to perfect. They sounded good, but didn’t quite make the cut. 3 – Snickerdoodles, which sounded perfect the second he mentioned them. I had actually been really craving snickerdoodles since making Peabody’s Snickerdoodle Muffins. I even had some extra cinnamon/sugar mixture hiding in the cabinet. So I looked through the cookbook I brought – to find that it did not have a single snickerdoodle recipe. I went to my next trusted spot – allrecipes.com. I found a highly rated recipe – Mrs. Sigg’s Snickerdoodles. So many of the reviews claimed these cookies were the best recipe ever, so I thought I’d give it a try. I followed the recipe exactly, except for the cinnamon sugar mixture (because I used my leftovers.) Many of the reviews said that it made a better cookie if you hand mix everything – don’t use a mixer. Now, I don’t own a stand mixer (and I am very sad about that) but I am quite fond of my hand mixer. I decided to follow the reviews, as well as cooking the cookies for exactly 8 minutes like so many people said. I don’t know how much it would change the recipe if I would have used my hand mixer, but believe me – I’m not even going to try. This recipe is PERFECT just the way it is. These were seriously the best snickerdoodles I have ever had, and quite possibly the best cookies I have ever made. I would highly recommend trying out this recipe the next time you have a craving for cookies!!

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from allrecipes.com

style="font-size:85%;"> INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup shortening 1 1/2 cups white sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons white sugar 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
style="font-size:85%;"> DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets. who have tried this recipe:
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12 Comments

12 Responses to “Quite Possibly the Best Cookies I Have Ever Made”

Shawnda said on May 17th, 2007 at 1:07 pm

I just *love* those get-your-hands-dirty recipes! It’s one less utensil to load (and then unload) in the dishwasher

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Claire said on May 17th, 2007 at 1:48 pm

I LOVE snickerdoodles! As soon as I have more time, i.e. after my test!, I may have to make these!

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Cheryl said on May 17th, 2007 at 2:30 pm

Snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie of all time. And if this is the best recipe, then darn well I am gonna try it.

They look stupendous.

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Freya and Paul said on May 17th, 2007 at 5:43 pm

I still haven’t tried snickerdoodles so I should definitely give this a go, if only for my American husband to try – oh, and the glowing recommendation from you!

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sunita said on May 17th, 2007 at 9:03 pm

Those cookies look really scrumptious…have never tried them…might give it a go..

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grignote et barbotine said on June 2nd, 2007 at 8:42 pm

I have tried them… they are really good ! and so easy.

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Lea said on June 7th, 2007 at 3:17 pm

ha!!

I have been using this exact same recipe from allrecipes for YEARS!!!

What a coincidence!!

They ARE fantastic!

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The Baker & The Curry Maker said on July 17th, 2007 at 11:28 pm

Im going to bake these this weekend purely based on the name! But they also look FANTASTIC!

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The Baker & The Curry Maker said on July 17th, 2007 at 11:28 pm

Im going to bake these this weekend purely based on the name! But they also look FANTASTIC!

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Kevin said on August 8th, 2007 at 1:39 am

I have never had a snickerdoodle. They look really good! I am going to have to try them sometime soon.

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Owen's Mom said on June 23rd, 2009 at 9:31 pm

Oh, the recipe came out wonderfully! They were perfectly crunchy and chewy. I will definitely make this recipe again.

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Kate said on March 24th, 2011 at 3:49 pm

this is exactly the same as the betty crocker recipe. perfect.

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