Cinnamon Crinkle Cookies – Barefeet within the Kitchen

Completely crisp on prime and irresistibly smooth inside, these Cinnamon Cookies are a wonderful mix of heat cinnamon and candy sugar.

Cinnamon Cookies

These cinnamon cookies are the proper afternoon snack along with your morning espresso or a day cup of tea. I got here up with these whereas enjoying with our household cookie recipes to create gluten-free variations for a pal.

I wished a model of traditional Snickerdoodle cookies that may very well be made with butter alone, eliminating the standard shortening in that recipe. In the event you favor a cookie with a extra cake-like texture, merely substitute shortening for ½ of the butter on this recipe.

This cinnamon sugar cookies recipe leads to barely thinner cookies than conventional snickerdoodles. They’ve splendidly crisp edges and chewy facilities, and have a definite, buttery cinnamon sugar taste. Name me very pleased.

In the event you’d like extra gluten-free cookie recipes, be sure you take a look at all the gluten free dessert recipes on this web site. I’ve labored exhausting to create cookie recipes (and different desserts!) that can safely fulfill the cravings of my GF associates.

What are Crinkle Cookies?

You might be questioning, “What are crinkle cookies?” I can’t recall the primary time I heard the sort of cookie known as that, however mainly, it comes all the way down to the looks. Crinkle cookies are sometimes chewy cookies with crisp edges.

Crinkle cookies are identified for the distinctive cracks that seem on prime of them whereas they bake. Normally, this can be a results of a thicker dough which is then rolled into balls earlier than baking.

They’re typically rolled in powdered sugar or different powdered spices earlier than baking, which supplies a visible distinction between the outer floor and the cracks that present the internal dough.

Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

You’ll want the next elements to make this recipe:

• eggs
• butter
• sugar
• flour *
• baking soda
• cream of tartar
• salt
• cinnamon

* The gluten-free different is famous within the recipe card.

Begin by creaming collectively the butter and sugar in a big mixing bowl. You are able to do this by hand with a whisk, or use a hand mixer or stand mixer. Then, add the eggs and beat once more.

Whisk collectively the dry elements in a medium bowl. Then, add the dry elements to the moist elements and stir to mix. Chill the cookie dough within the fridge for at the very least 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat mat. Whereas the oven heats, mix ¼ cup sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.

Then, utilizing a cookie scoop, portion out the dough and roll into balls. Roll the cookie dough balls round within the cinnamon sugar combination to coat them effectively. Then, place on the baking sheet.

Bake for 8 minutes and take away from the oven earlier than the cookies are browned. They need to be barely puffy and crinkled on prime. (In the event you favor crispy cookies, let prepare dinner them a minute or two longer.)

Enable the cookies to chill on the baking sheet for 1-2 minutes after which take away to a wire rack. Alternate utilizing two baking sheets to permit every baking sheet to chill utterly between batches.

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initially printed 10/30/12 – recipe notes and pictures up to date 2/26/24