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My cure for a summer cold…snickerdoodle

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It’s not fair…a summer cold is a psycho situation and I’m really not in the mood. Not that I’d ever be in the mood for a psycho situation, but you know…a summer cold sucks. My head feels like a over-ripe cantaloupe…all slooshy and sloppy inside and I really don’t feel like cooking a meal or even eating one. I’ve got a few tasty snack items that I haven’t shared with you yet but it really is too hot to even contemplate making them now so I’ll save them for later.

There is one thing I like to eat when I’m sick and that’s the classic snickerdoodle. Actually I adore snickerdoodles any time. I seriously love my chocolate chip cookies and a Pierre Herme macaron is as close to perfection as it gets, but a snickerdoodle has an old fashioned sweet and cinnamony flavor and a chewy sandy texture and let’s face it…it’s got soul.

It also doesn’t hurt that they are so quick and easy to make that the oven doesn’t really get a chance to heat up the kitchen and my cold-addled brain could manage the simple instructions. The only thing to remember about snickerdoodles is that you should make the dough the day before you want to bake them so it can really chill out.

Snickerdoodles
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Makes 48 cookies

3 cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon cream of tartar
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 sticks butter (room temp)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
½ cup sugar
2 teaspoon cinnamon

Using a mixer cream the butter. Add the sugar and mix together well. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until light and fluffy. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt. Add it the butter and egg mixture and mix until well combined. Refrigerate the dough for at least 3 hours, over night is better.

You can refrigerate it in the bowl and use a cookie scoop to dole it out or you can pile the dough onto a large sheet of saran wrap and create an oblong of dough that is 12” long, 4” wide, and 3” tall. This method allows you to slice the dough into chunks for the cookie portions. I prefer the slicing method.

After the requisite chilling period preheat the oven to 375°. Take the chilled dough oblong and cut 1 inch slices that you then cut into 8 chunks. Roll the chunks lightly in your hands to take the sharp edges off. Put the ½ cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon in a quart galss jar and shake to combine. Drop 4 chunks into the jar, put the lid on and shake to coat well with the sugar. Remove the chunks from the jar and place on a parchment of silpat covered cookie sheet. Repeat until your sheet is full and then bake for 8 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let them rest for 5 minutes or so before you move them to a cooling rack.

Repeat the chunking, coating with sugar, baking routine until they’re all baked.

July 29, 2008 | Filed Under baking, cookie, food, quick and easy, recipe, sweets 

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14 Responses to “My cure for a summer cold…snickerdoodle”

  1. Erin on July 29th, 2008

    Summer colds really are the worst… I just doesn’t feel right! Hope you feel better soon.

  2. Judy on July 29th, 2008

    I’m right there with you , sister! I’m on day 9. I hope you start to feel better really soon. BTW - we’re still enjoying our Chocolate Zucchini Bread/Cake.

  3. Jude on July 29th, 2008

    Those things look perfect — crackly crust and all.

  4. PaniniKathy on July 29th, 2008

    We’ve got two summer colds circulating around our house too - I think you may have found the perfect cure! That photo is fantastic, you can see each granule of sugar and cinnamon :-)

  5. grace on July 30th, 2008

    get well soon! and i agree–there’s nothing better to cure what ails ya than some cinnamony, buttery cookies.

  6. Marr Williams on July 30th, 2008

    I think Snickerdoodles cure almost everything don’t they? :) Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipe and I hope you start to feel better soon.

  7. lo (Burp! Where Food Happens) on July 30th, 2008

    Much commisceration on the summer cold front! For three or four years running, I had a cold over the 4th of July weekend — and, boy, was that miserable.

    Enjoy your snickerdoodles (they look delish), and get well soon!

  8. leslie on July 30th, 2008

    Those look perfect!
    Feel better soon!

  9. diva on July 30th, 2008

    oh i do love snickerdoodles. the cinnamon is just amazing! poor u. i hope u feel better :)

  10. Ana on July 31st, 2008

    these look delicious- and just think, all that cinnamon is actually good for your immune system.

    hope you feel better soon. try some iced tea with the cookies- that’s what i turn to in summer sickness, and it always makes me feel better. maybe it’s just the caffeine.

  11. We Are Never Full on July 31st, 2008

    summer colds suck _$$ and should not be! but snickerdoodles are scientifically proven to cure them. Only summer colds, though. don’t try it in winter.

  12. JEP on July 31st, 2008

    Snickerdoodles are a long-time favorite of mine. Made batches of them when my kids were young. Anything with cinnamon-sugar is delicious! Amazing photo, too.

  13. Natalie on August 7th, 2008

    I have to make these! Yummy!

  14. Egle on August 12th, 2008

    Hello,
    is there anything that i could substitute for the cream of tartar?

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