Description
Peanut butter snickerdoodles–why not combine the best of both worlds?
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups peanut butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup white sugar, or to taste
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Combine peanut butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- brown sugar
- butter
- and shortening in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Stir in vanilla extract. Beat in eggs.
- Sift flour
- cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- baking soda
- baking powder
- and salt together in a separate bowl. Gradually add to the egg mixture and mix well.
- Mix 1/4 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon together in a shallow bowl. Roll dough into 1-inch balls
- roll in cinnamon-sugar
- and place on a baking sheet. Flatten each ball slightly with the bottom of a drinking glass
- or by making a criss-cross pattern with the tines of a fork.
- Bake in the preheated oven until slightly browned
- about 8 minutes. Do not overbake. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 8 mins
Total Time: 28 mins
Servings: 48