[recipe testing] snickerdoodles
Nov. 1st, 2010 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
reikaOne of the assistants in the other group organized an office trick-or-treating. Mostly everyone on her list brought in candy and chocolate. Of course I have to be fancy and bring cookies.
I used Smitten Kitchen's recipe for these classic cookies. These really are my favorite kind of cookies -- not so much a big fan of chocolate chip. I think cookies should be mostly crisp and simple. With snickerdoodles, it's just butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Done.
The hardest part about making cookies is figuring out the proper cooking time. SK's recipe suggests 10 minutes. I followed the instructions for the first batch, and the bottoms ended up burned. I tried 8 minutes for all subsequent batches, which did leave a little soft out of the oven, but I left them on the tray for another minute before moving them to the cooling rack, and that seemed to be the best way for me to get perfect cookies.
My co-workers happily devoured them all.
I used Smitten Kitchen's recipe for these classic cookies. These really are my favorite kind of cookies -- not so much a big fan of chocolate chip. I think cookies should be mostly crisp and simple. With snickerdoodles, it's just butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Done.
The hardest part about making cookies is figuring out the proper cooking time. SK's recipe suggests 10 minutes. I followed the instructions for the first batch, and the bottoms ended up burned. I tried 8 minutes for all subsequent batches, which did leave a little soft out of the oven, but I left them on the tray for another minute before moving them to the cooling rack, and that seemed to be the best way for me to get perfect cookies.
My co-workers happily devoured them all.