is baking soda really nesessary in a snocker doddle recipe?!
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My recipe uses baking powder and cream of tartar
Delicious and easy cinnamony sugar cookies that are perfect for the holidays and all winter long.
Ingredients
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup [2 sticks] unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 tablespoons cinnamon sugar*
*Mix three tablespoons sugar with 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Method
Combine flour, baking powder, cream of tartar, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter until creamy, add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Add eggs, milk and vanilla, beat slowly at first until the liquid starts to become incorporated, then beat well until combined, scraping the bowl occasionally. Add flour mixture, gradually beating until combined. Scrape the bowl to make sure that all of the flour is incorporated. The dough may be refrigerated at this time to make it easier to work with because it is a soft dough, but this step is not necessary. Form dough into golf ball sized balls, roll in cinnamon sugar, and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten the cookies with the bottom of a glass to about 1/4" thickness. Bake for 11-14 minutes until golden. Remove from pans and cool.
Yes, I forget why, but I think the cookies taste flat and flavorless without it. But basically you probably won't like the taste if you don't put it in.
Years of baking.
what is a snocker doddle? i've heard of snicker doodle, but maybe i've got the recipes mixed up...