a what?

"a snickerdoodle"

"what's that?"

"basically a sugar cookie covered in cinnamon sugar"

i haven't the slightest idea where these came from or how they ended up with that name. but an old co-worker first suggested them years ago and i just got around to making them. (yes, my to-do list is insanely long and growing!)

don't be like me.

they're the perfect cookie with your afternoon tea...or your morning cup of coffee...or before the morning cup of coffee, after the morning cup of coffee, before lunch, after lunch, afternoon snack, before dinner...i basically ate them all day long!

snickerdoodles
adapted from Martha Stewart

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 large eggs, room temperature

1. sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. set aside. cream together butter and 1 1/2 cups of sugar using electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment. beat on medium speed until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). scrape down the sides and add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. add the dry ingredients and beat to combine. chill the dough for an hour.
2. after the hour is up, preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack set in the middle. line baking sheets with silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
3. combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. form balls of dough using 1.5 teaspoons of dough. roll each dough ball in the cinnamon sugar and place about 2 inches apart on the baking sheet.
4. bake for about 10 minutes until the cookies are set in the center and begin to crack. (they will not brown.) transfer cookies to wire rack after 5 minutes to finish cooling.