It's a Wunderful Life http://itsawunderfullife.posterous.com Adventures in Baking posterous.com Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:33:00 -0800 Back in Action! http://itsawunderfullife.posterous.com/back-in-action http://itsawunderfullife.posterous.com/back-in-action

After spending the past week fairly certain my life was coming to an end all too early, I've finally regained my health and recovered from the Flu.  There is nothing like a fever to remind you how much you should value your health!  Luckily I had LMJ to take care of me, otherwise I surely would've withered away :)

When yesterday rolled around, I figured it was time to bake another yummy treat, but I knew I wanted to do something easy.  I was in no place to make frosting, or spend my afternoon contemplating the perfect frosting tip.  I also wanted to do something with the ingredients I had in the house, which led me to:

SNICKERDOODLES!

Snickerdoodles are an easy treat beacause more likely than not, you will be able to find everything you need in your kitchen right now!  The only exception may be the Cream of Tartar.  Cream of Tartar is something I use probably four times a year maximum, so I personally reccomend buying it, as you'll hold onto it forever. 

Now on to the fun:

Ingreidents:

Ingrd

  • cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • large eggs
  • 2 3/4 cups flour
  • teaspoons cream of tartar
  • teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • tablespoons sugar
  • teaspoons cinnamon

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  • 1 Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • 2 Mix butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar and eggs thoroughly in a large bowl.
  • 3 Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.
  • 4 Blend dry ingredients into butter mixture.
  • 5 Chill dough, and chill an ungreased cookie sheet for about 10-15 minutes in the fridge.
  • 6 Meanwhile, mix 3 tablespoons sugar, and 3 teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl.
  • 7 Scoop 1 inch globs of dough into the sugar/ cinnamon mixture.
  • 8 Coat by gently rolling balls of dough in the sugar mixture.
  • 9 Place on chilled ungreased cookie sheet, and bake 10 minutes.
  • 10 Remove from pan immediately.
  • Yum! simple and easy, but one would never know from the taste-SO GOOD!!

    It took me 10 minutes to set up and 10 minutes to cook them.  Also, another helpful hint is to melt the butter almost completely so that when you mix in the sugar, you get a nice creamy texture to mix the flour mixture with, especially if you're making these by hand:

    Consistency
    Topping

    My legal Team aka my older brother has reccomended I get a new camera, so hopefully this will be my last post with these low quality iPhone pics, but I must work with what I have! :) 

     

    Yummy

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