In AWANA this last Thursday Nicholas needed to bring cookies to his small group. I gave him some choices of cookies and he chose Snicker-doodle cookies.
He was kind enough to help me make them.
He helped with the measuring of the dry ingredients as well as the wet. I taught him to crack each egg into a small bowl before dropping it into the mixer while it is running. We don’t want any broken egg shells in the cookie dough from a whole egg falling in. I don’t think I need to tell you how I learned that tip.
He really is having fun.
Such focus. I think he has a future in baking.
Since they are snicker-doodles, we rolled each ball of dough in a sugar cinnamon mixture.
We made a double batch. He kept insisting that he only needed cookies for his small group but I thought it would be nice to share with everyone.
Here they are done. We both ate so much dough that we were kind of sick to our stomachs. But hey, that’s our pay for making so many cookies.
Snicker-Doodle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Coating
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°
- In a mixer cream the butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time mixing until combined then add the vanilla.
- Mix together the dry ingredients (flour through salt) in a bowl. Add the dry ingredients until well mixed.
- Mix the 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon in a bowl. Shape balls into rounded tablespoons and roll in the coating.
- Place on baking sheet about 2 inches separating each.
- Bake 8 - 10 minutes. Remove from oven and take off of the baking sheets to cool.
Gotta love a bakin’ man!!!
Keep up the good work… :o)
XO,Bryn
He even helped me make the pies on Pi Day of the Century.
Hugs,
Karen
Oh that makes me hungry. Way to go, Nicholas.
I don’t think you would feel that way after eating so much cookie dough.
I still haven’t had another.
Hugs,
Karen
I love snickerdoodles! And I just love the photos of your son making cookies! That is such a great time spent baking with my son that I treasure so much!
Thanx Robyn. Both my boys like to help in the kitchen. It probably stems from those toddler years of playing with the Tupperware on the kitchen floor as I would step over them from refrigerator to stove.
Enjoy the week,
Karen
Nice choice, Nicholas. Snicker-doodles are my favorite cookies.
My recipe is different though. I never mixed butter and shortening before, I used only butter.
I am going to try your recipe. It sounds good! Thank you for sharing.
Kimberly
I hope you like them. The kids were fighting over the cookies at AWANA. I’m making cookies for church for next weekend and Nicholas suggested the snicker-doodles.
Take care,
Karen