Maple Snickerdoodle Cookies

A classic cookie with a sweet twist!

It is my favorite time of the year-- CHRISTMAS COOKIE SEASON. I love to dedicate my whole month of December to baking my favorite Christmas cookies. A snickerdoodle is an absolute classic. For good reason, it is simply the best! It is a moist & fluffy cookie coated in cinnamon sugar. I mean... what could be better?!

What is a snickerdoodle cookie?

In my opinion, a snickerdoodle cookie is the sugar cookie's hotter sister. A snickerdoodle typically has a beautiful cracked surface with a cinnamon sugar topping. It has the same base ingredients as a sugar cookie but is made with cream of tartar. Adding this spice brings some tanginess to the cookie. This cookie is the perfect balance of sweet and tangy.

What is cream of tartar?

Surprisingly, cream of tartar is not creamy at all. Rather, it is a white powder. Cream of tartar is a result of the wine-making process. It is the crystals from the inside of the barrels that make this spice. Adding this to a snickerdoodle cookie gives the cookie a little bit of tanginess & allows the cookie to be moist.

What size pan do you recommend?

I used an 8x8 baking dish for this recipe. You can definitely use a 9x9, but it will be a little bit thinner. Additionally, you can double this recipe and you a 13x9.

Maple Snickerdoodle Cookies

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All of the ingredients to make this delicious treat:

• 3/4 cup room temp Butter

• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar

• 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar

• 1 Egg

• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

• 1/4 cup Pure Maple Syrup

• 2 1/4 cup Flour

• 1 tsp Cinnamon

• 1 tsp Cream of Tartar

• 1/2 tsp Salt

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

• 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar

• 2 tsp Cinnamon

I have all of the ingredients... Now what???

It is baking time, baby! Print this out, save it as a PDF, do whatever you need to do :)