Snickerdoodle Cookies without Cream of Tartar.
Making Snickerdoodle cookies is near and dear to my heart because it was one of the very first recipes I ever baked on my own. This recipe makes soft thick Snickerdoodle Cookies without Cream of Tartar. This is a small batch cookie recipe that makes about 12 large soft and thick Snickerdoodle cookies.
I used a large cookie scoop that scoops about 2.5 Tablespoons of cookie dough so each ball of dough shown below is about 2″ in size or about the size of a golf ball.
When it comes to making these without cream of tartar added you have a few options. You can substitute the cream of tartar for lemon juice, vinegar or baking powder. I have tried making it all three ways with the three substitutes I have listed. So far my favorite substitute was using distilled white vinegar in the recipe but you can use any of the three options.
I have also played around with changing the baking temperature and 375 F. degrees seems to be my favorite temperature to bake these at. For me it produces a cookie that has a light crisp on the very edge but the rest of the cookie is soft. When I baked them at 350 F. degrees I ended up with a cookie that was super soft and almost too soft and it took a lot longer to bake.
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened (I used salted)
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice, vinegar or baking powder
- -For Rolling-
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 375 F. degrees.
- Mix soft butter & sugar together. Add egg & vanilla, stir.
- Add flour, baking soda and lemon juice (or vinegar or baking powder) & mix well.
- Prepare the cinnamon & sugar mix for coating in a small bowl.
- Roll dough into 2" gold ball sized balls and roll in cinnamon & sugar mix.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet & bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are just starting to turn a light golden brown.
Thank you! I didn’t have cream of tartar but I have lemon powder. I used 1tsp of lemon POWDER and also omitted vanilla and used 1 teaspoon of lemon powder with 3 tablespoons sugar to roll the cookies in. It worked great.
Jennifer, I’m glad the recipe worked for you with lemon powder. Thanks for taking the time to comment, we appreciate it.