Easy Snickerdoodle Cookies

Do you need a quick and delicious cookie recipe?  This oldie but goodie from One Ash can help you out! 

Last night, I wanted an easy (but yummy) dessert to make. I never know exactly what I want, but I know I want “a little something sweet on my tummy”, as my MiMi used to say!  So I started pondering recipes in my favorite cookbooks (I adore Amish Cookbooks- click HERE to see some!). I still wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to make, but I was started to think “cookies“.  After digging around on other places like Pinterest and food.com, I finally found a perfect recipe. Snickerdoodles! The only problem? I didn’t have all the ingredients I needed. What was I going to do?  

How many times has this happened to you?  I know I can be somewhat stubborn- when I get my mind set on something, especially food, I get determined to figure it out.  Since I was pretty desperate to make snickerdoodle cookies, I came up with an idea, changed a few things, and figured out how to get my cookies!  

I do have to say that sometimes that creative stubborness pays off- and it sure did this time, because these cookies came out marvelous!  This is going to be a recipe, and possibly a cookie base, for many other cookies to be baked at One Ash!

Check out my recipe for Easy Snickerdoodle Cookies below- and see how you can change it up to make it your own!

Ingredients:

1 box of White Cake Mix- any brand, cheap works great!
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 cup shortening
1 egg, beaten well
1 Tbs sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon

(makes about 50 medium sized cookies)

Directions:

1. Go ahead and preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Take out your cookie sheets and grease them. Set these aside.
2. In a medium size mixing bowl, mix together the white cake mix, melted butter, shortening and well beaten egg until a bread-like dough forms. Make sure all the ingredients are well blended. 
3. In a seperate small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
4. Shape the dough from the first bowl into 1/2″ balls. 
5. Roll the balls in the sugar and cinnamon mixture, making sure the entire thing is well covered.
6. Place the cookie dough balls about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet. But, before you put the cookies in the oven, take a fork and smash each ball down flat, creating the criss-cross pattern on top of the cookie.  (I like this pattern, but you could also use the smooth bottom of a glass for a different look)
7. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
8. Immediately remove the cookies from the cookie sheets and let cool on wire racks for about 5 minutes.
9. Enjoy with a nice big glass of cold, fresh milk!

Think about this-  add some chopped nuts, make a simple maple frosting to go on top of the cookies, how about adding chopped figs or raisins?  Or…..maybe you could substitute pumpkin for part of the shortening?  I haven’t tried any of these ideas, but it’s fun to think about ways to make recipes different.  Just understand the concept and then the sky is the limit! 

Do you know someone who loves to bake?  Great gift ideas are HERE!  

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