Best recipe for Snickerdoodle cookies plus the fun addition of a vanilla swirl makes these Cinnamon Roll Snickerdoodles simply irresistible! A combination of butter and shortening yields cookies with the perfect texture- soft and chewy on the inside with crispy sweet cinnamon on the outside. The light vanilla swirl on top is the perfect addition.
Snickerdoodle cookies are a huge favorite at our house! I tweaked my best recipe just slightly and made this cinnamon roll version and everyone went crazy. They’re SO delicious!
Cinnamon Roll Snickerdoodles
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup shortening (I used butter flavored Crisco)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 TBSP vanilla
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- cinnamon-sugar mixture (3 TBSP sugar + 2 TBSP cinnamon)
Vanilla Swirl:
- 2 TBSP melted butter
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 TBSP milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded scoops into balls.
- Mix the 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture, then spoon cinnamon-sugar mixture over each cookie, turning once and doing the same on the other side. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Bake 8 minutes exactly! Remove from oven and let cookies cool on the baking sheets for an additional 2 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Whisk all ingredients for vanilla swirl together in a small bowl. Let cool 5 minutes. Transfer to a small bag and snip the corner. Pipe glaze onto completely cooled cookies in the shape of a swirl.
You’ve got to check out some of our other favorite cookie recipes:
- Raspberry Meltaway Cookies
- Soft Buttermilk Sugar Cookies
- Banana Cream Pie Cookies
- Blackberry Oatmeal Cookies
- Cookies & Cream Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup shortening I used butter flavored Crisco
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 TBSP vanilla
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- cinnamon-sugar mixture 3 TBSP sugar + 2 TBSP cinnamon
- Vanilla Swirl:
- 2 TBSP melted butter
- 2/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 TBSP milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls.
- Mix the 3 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture, then spoon cinnamon-sugar mixture over each cookie, turning once and doing the same on the other side. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Bake 8 minutes exactly! Remove from oven and let cookies cool on the baking sheets for an additional 2 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Whisk all ingredients for vanilla swirl together in a small bowl. Let cool 5 minutes. Transfer to a small bag and snip the corner. Pipe glaze onto completely cooled cookies in the shape of a swirl.
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