Easy Snickerdoodle Recipe - Retro Housewife Goes Green (2024)

Looking for a delicious and easy snickerdoodle recipe? These are soft, delicious, and can be whipped up in no time. Make them ahead and stick them in the freezer for later.

I love baking cookies. They were the first thing I learned to make and I have made a lot of them. Around Christmas, I end up making a lot of cookies. It’s usually what I offer to bring to gatherings.

Normally I make chocolate chip cookies or sugar cookies but it’s fun to mix it up. Snickerdoodles are a cookie I really like but rarely seem to eat.

A few years ago when trying to decide what cookies I wanted to take to the local recycling coalition December meeting I decided to try to make some snickerdoodles because I never had made them myself. They were delicious!

I like my chocolate chip cookies slightly crunchy on the outside but for me, snickerdoodles must be soft and these are. They scream holidays to me so that’s the main time I make them.

I hadn’t made them recently and decided I should and that I needed to share them. I’m so glad I did because I forgot how much I enjoy them.

Tips for Making Easy Snickerdoodle Cookies

• When making cookies make sure the butter is room temperature and not cold or melted.
• If the dough is hard to work with stick them in the fridge for an hour.
• An easy way to grease your cookie sheet is to use the wrapper from the butter.
• Use a cookie scoop to keep the cookie size even.
• To freeze the cookie dough to make later simply line a cookie sheet with wax paper, scoop the dough onto the sheet. Freeze for an hour, then put into a ziplock bag or another airtight container. Pull out and use normally when needed. You may need to bake them for a few extra minutes.

Helpful Cooking Baking Tools

These are some of my favorite things to use when I’m making cookies. My other favorite thing is my KitchenAid stand mixer. It’s a big investment but so worth it if you do a lot of baking.

More Christmas Recipes

This recipe was part of the 2017 Holiday Cookie Swap. There are a lot of other great bloggers sharing delicious cookie recipes as well. Be sure to check them out.

• Snowballs from Samantha at Carter’s Cozy Nest
• German Chocolate Cake Cookies from Abby at Winstead Wandering
• Sugar Cookies from Lindsay at Pursuit of Pink
• Vanillekipferl (Vanilla Almond Crescent Cookies) from Sandra at The In-Between Is Mine
• Cloud Snickerdoodles from Savannah at The Savvy Plate
• Peanut Butter Dreams Dog Treats from Beth at Daily Dog Tag