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Snickerdoodle Cookies

Becca — Tue, 21 May 2019 22:49:24 +0000

I decided that my Snickerdoodle cookie recipe needed some updated pictures today. My brain has been playing tricks with me lately and movement is not my friend. I was trying to think of things to do that didn’t involve reading, scrolling, watching tv, videos, excessive movement, or too much thinking. (#strokebrain) Photography seems pretty harmless and I can type with my eyes closed, for the most part. Plus, I just found out that my son’s girlfriend and family haven’t tried Snickerdoodle cookies. Crazy!

Snickerdoodle Cookies

These are super soft cookies that are easy to make and sooo yummy.

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Ingredients

1cup shortening
1 1/2cups sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4cups four
2tsp cream of tartar
1tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt

Cinnamon Sugar

1/2cup sugar
1Tbsp cinnamon

Instructions

Mix shortening and sugar. Add eggs and mix. Add dry ingredients and mix. Using a cookie scoop, shape dough into balls. Roll dough balls in the cinnamon sugar mixture. I bake these cookies on a Silpat lined baking sheet, at 400 degrees, for 7 minutes.

Happy baking, friends!

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Valentine Sugar Cookie Recipe

Becca — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:17:41 +0000

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so we couldn’t resist baking a few sugar cookies to pack in lunches this week. This is my go-to recipe for sugar cookies of any shape.

Valentine Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients

18TBSP buttersoftened
1cup shortening
2 1/4cups sugar
3 eggs
3TBSP milk
1TBSP vanilla
6cups flour
4 1/2 tsp baking powder
1tsp salt

Recipe Notes

Beat butter, shortening, and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix. Let dough chill in the fridge for 3 hours.

Roll dough on a cutting board, lightly dusted with flour. I like a thick cookie, so I roll my dough slightly thicker than 1/4" thick. Cut in any shape desired.

Bake for 7-8 minutes at 375 degrees.

Cool and frost. For the frosting, my favorite is a simple powdered sugar and milk frosting. I pour powdered sugar into the bowl and add just a little bit of milk. Keep stirring and slowly add milk until you get to the desired consistency. If you want a thick frosting, add less milk. If you want a glaze, add more milk. I try to use as little food coloring as possible because DYE IS EVIL. A tiny little half-drop of red food coloring will make a nice pink. You can also use a little raspberry juice to make a nice pink and then you don't need to use dye at all, which is good because DYE IS EVIL! (Ask me how I feel about food dyes in our foods!)

Happy baking and Happy Valentine's Day!

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Christmas Cookies

Becca — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 20:46:58 +0000

I know the holiday season is over and we’re all trying NOT to eat the yummy baked treats anymore, but I never got around to sharing my Christmas cookie tray. It’s so pretty, that I just couldn’t resist posting.

This year, I made gingerbread cookies, snowflake shaped sugar cookies, spritz, spreads, peanut-butter cup-ish cookie bars, and peanut butter cookies with Hershey kisses.

If you are interested in any of these recipes, just type the name of the cookie into the search bar on the blog and they should pop up.

Ok, now I’m really hungry for cookies. I guess I’ll go chop some veggies for my snack instead. Boy, I miss the Holidays!

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Snickerdoodles Recipe

Becca — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:00:03 +0000

It’s my week for treats and staff room clean up at my school this week and I made some Snickerdoodles to bring in to work. I’ve shared the recipe on here before, but it never hurts to share it again.

Here’s the recipe for the softest, cinnamonny-sugariest, cookie ever.

1 Cup Shortening
1 and 1/2 Cups Sugar
2 Eggs
2 and 3/4 Cups Flour
2 tsp Cream of Tartar
1 tsp Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
Cinnamon and Sugar to roll cookies in

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix shortening, sugar, and eggs. Add flour, cream of tartar, soda, and salt. Mix all ingredients.

Use a cookie scoop to form a perfect ball. Roll the dough ball in a cinnamon and sugar mixture. I like to roll the whole dough ball in the mixture, including the bottom.

I bake my cookies on a Silpat baking mat. Using a Silpat ensures that my cookies don’t stick to the tray. It also ensures that the sugar on the bottom of the cookie does not caramelize.

Bake the cookies for 7-8 minutes, at 400 degrees. I use a standard oven, not convection. When they come out they will be slightly undercooked. They will set as they cool and make the perfect soft cookie.

They are as simple as that!

Enjoy, friends!

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It’s National Cookie Day

Becca — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 22:49:00 +0000

I had no idea it was National Cookie Day until my sister gave me a heads up! I decided that, in honor of this wonderful holiday, I would write a blog post linking to all of my cookie recipes. So, I started searching old blog posts with the key word COOKIE in them and I found over 30 different cookie recipes. Wow! I guess I bake a lot! 30 blog posts about cookies… there was no way I’d have time to link to all of them.

So, since I can’t link to all of my recipes, I will add links to a few of my favorites.

My all time favorite recipe is my chocolate chip cookie recipe.

My sugar cookie recipe can be used for any occasion or holiday. Keep scrolling down to find several different ideas for the sugar cookie dough.

4th of July

St. Patrick’s Day

May Day or a Special Birthday

Valentine’s Day

Any old snowy day

I love my Snickerdoodle recipe! It’s soft and yummy. This one is my son’s favorite cookie.

Ok, I think that is enough sugar for one day. Clearly, I have a problem. Maybe if I stopped baking so much, I’d lose a little weight!

I guess the sign on my front porch says it all! You know where to go if you need a warm cookie!

Happy National Cookie Day!

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