Super Soft Snickerdoodle Cookies

By zircon50

Ingredients

• FOR THE CINNAMON SUGAR:
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Preparation

Step 1

1.Heat the oven to 425°F.

2.Gently melt the butter in a saucepan or in the microwave and let it cool while you mix the dry ingredients.

3.Stir together the sugars, flour, spices, baking soda, and salt.

4.Whisk the eggs into the cooled butter and add the vanilla.

5.Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, stirring just until it comes together.

6.In a soup plate or shallow bowl, mix together the white sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

7.Scoop 1 tablespoon of dough and roll them in the cinnamon sugar. Place them on an unlined, ungreased baking sheet and flatten slightly.

8.Bake for 7 minutes then remove and let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Remove to a wire rack.