A confession: I don't really like baking cookies that much. I know, I know, what sort of food blog are we running? (And yeah, the credit for most of the cookie recipes on this site goes to Monica, not me.) To be honest, I just don't find baking cookies that fun for some reason. I'd rather bake scones are cheesecake or something.

However, sometimes you just need a cookie.

This would definitely be one of those times. I'm mired in finals right now, and could use about ten of these right now. (Yay stress eating / finals / freshman fifteen!) Plus, we have recipes for both

homemade Nutella

and

Nutella-filled Snickerdoodles

, so it seemed like a Snickerdoodle recipe was in order.

If you're craving cookies, I would definitely recommend these snickerdoodles. They're so soft and fluffy they practically melt in your mouth, and the cinnamon sugar give them a wonderful warm scent and slightly spicy flavor. I also like to add walnuts to my snickerdoodles, but feel free to leave them out if that's not your thing.

Well, I'm off again to my Spanish paper / late night baked goods snacking thanks to the Au Bon Pain across the street....but that's a story for another time....

Love always,

Caroline

Printable recipe of Snickerdoodles.

Snickerdoodles

They're so soft and fluffy they practically melt in your mouth, and the cinnamon sugar give them a wonderful warm scent and slightly spicy flavor

.

Adapted from the cookbook

Cookies

by Hilaire Walden

Yields: 30 cookies

Ingredients

For the dough:

½ cup butter, softened

1 ½ cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

¼ cup milk

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

pinch of salt

½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

For the coating:

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons cinnamon

Directions

Beat butter with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in sugar and vanilla extract. Beat in the eggs and the milk.
Mix flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix the dry ingredients into the butter/sugar/egg mixture. Mix in the walnuts.
Put the dough in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
For the coating, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
Roll the cookie dough into 1 ½ - inch balls. Roll them in the cinnamon-sugar mix, place them on a greased cookie sheet 2 inches apart, and flatten them slightly with your palm.
Bake the cookies for around 10 minutes, until golden. Let cool, and eat!