Maeve and Ciara's great-grandmother was a really great cook. She lived with their mommy and would bake lots of yummy treats for their mummy and uncles to eat when they got home from school each day - one of their favourite treats were snickerdoodles!

Maeve and Ciara make their great-grandmother's snickerdoodle cookies.

Snickerdoodles are a type of sugar cookie that is rolled into a ball and then rolled in cinnamon and sugar before being baked. The sugar and cinnamon on the outside get nice and crunchy and add a lovely flavour to the otherwise plain cookie.

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Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles.

Ingredients:

250g soft butter

375g granulated sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

350g plain flour

1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp salt

For the cinnamon sugar:

90g granulated sugar

1 1/2 Tbsp cinnamon

Directions:

  • 1 Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  • 2 Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until well combined (about two minutes with a hand or stand mixer).
  • 3 Add the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt and mix well to combine.
  • 4 Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat your oven to 180C. Mix the cinnamon and sugar together.
  • 5 Roll the cookie dough into balls and roll them in the cinnamon sugar.
  • 6 Place them on the baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes, until light brown.
  • 7 Let them cool, then enjoy!