I've never made or eaten a snickerdoodle before, but that didn't seem to affect me all that much. This has been the most successful week so far! I used this recipe.
This is the first time that I've used cinnamon and cream of tartar, which was an interesting experience. I actually didn't know what cream of tartar was, but after seeing it in every recipe I looked at I can assume it is a major ingredient in snickerdoodles. Cinnamon was a strange ingredient to work with and I expected it so be a lot less powder-y than it actually was. Despite the issues that came with working with an ingredient for the first time, I think I learned a lot!
Mixing the cinnamon made a mess! I underestimated how much would fly out of the bowl, so I had to eyeball how much actually went into the dough, but it seemed to go over well! The dough got tough quickly and I didn't think that was a good sign at the time, but the texture seemed to be fine in the end. I also made a simple sugar and cinnamon mixture to use for later.
Before baking, I covered the cookies in the sugar and cinnamon mixture to add more flavor, which I think really helped the taste in the end. When baking, they puffed up quickly but actually stayed risen. After having the past two week's cookies flatten I was a little scared that they would just deflate again this week, but they came out perfectly!
I don't think there is anything to improve with these! It's near to the project's end, so I've been trying to think of cookies that need skills that I haven't already been working on, and I settled on sandwich cookies!
Come back next week for hopefully better bakin'!
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