Too many snickerdoodles

lumberjim · 04-19-2010, 11:46 PM

snickerdoodles is a great name wasted on a boring ass cookie.

they should be packed with nuts and caramel and nougat!

limey · 04-20-2010, 01:54 AM

I quite liked mine but they weren't cinnamonny enough for me. I also halved the quantities in my recipe because I didn't want to make 36. I'll try again another time (after all, I've got all that Cream of Tartar to use up, now!).
Maybe I'll add nuts and caramel and nougat, too!
Oh, and SG, I love the image of your sorceror's apprentice kitchen!!

glatt · 04-20-2010, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

snickerdoodles is a great name wasted on a boring ass cookie.

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-22-2010, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

snickerdoodles is a great name wasted on a boring ass cookie.

they should be packed with nuts and caramel and nougat!

I disagree -- though chopped pecans might be fun. But yes, they do need to be made so they don't bore. Use butter -- no substitutes need apply. A great deal of cinnamon and don't be afraid of the vanilla extract either. If it's a dull, unimpressive sugar cookie, amp it up. It amps well.

[ETA: though maybe I should make one batch each with butter and shortening and see which is better in a side by side comparison]

The roomie baked Scottish oatcakes yesterday. Very Scottish indeed: very bland yet very hearty too. They stick to the ribs. Mighty fine for raw cold windy weather. With or without a touch of honey worked into the stiff dough. Definitely use the right fat -- I've had long-keeping commercial oatcakes out of a packet and they were like eating a cork coaster, which I attribute to use of a shortening vice cockeen.

kerosene · 04-22-2010, 11:59 PM

I did use shortening in this recipe, because that is what it called for. Normally I use real butter, though. I just like the taste better. I think these cookies would have come out rather crumbly if I had used butter. More cinnamon is better. I thought about adding vanilla, but I like to try the recipe as written the first time I make it, so next time, I will experiment.

04-19-2010, 11:46 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	snickerdoodles is a great name wasted on a boring ass cookie. they should be packed with nuts and caramel and nougat! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-20-2010, 01:54 AM	#2
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I quite liked mine but they weren't cinnamonny enough for me. I also halved the quantities in my recipe because I didn't want to make 36. I'll try again another time (after all, I've got all that Cream of Tartar to use up, now!). Maybe I'll add nuts and caramel and nougat, too! Oh, and SG, I love the image of your sorceror's apprentice kitchen!! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-22-2010, 11:59 PM	#5
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I did use shortening in this recipe, because that is what it called for. Normally I use real butter, though. I just like the taste better. I think these cookies would have come out rather crumbly if I had used butter. More cinnamon is better. I thought about adding vanilla, but I like to try the recipe as written the first time I make it, so next time, I will experiment.

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