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Snickerdoodles

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Servings 42

Ingredients
  

  • 250 gram butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup (110g) firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup (220g) caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2¾ cup (410g) plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar, extra
  • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Beat butter, extract and sugars in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until just combined. Transfer to large bowl.
  • Stir combined sifted flour, soda and nutmeg, in batches, into the egg mixture. Cover and refrigerate dough 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 180°C / 160°C fan-forced. Line oven trays with baking paper.
  • Combine extra caster sugar and cinnamon in a small shallow bowl. Roll level tablespoons of the dough into balls; roll balls in cinnamon sugar. Place balls about 7cm apart on oven trays.
  •  Bake about 12 minutes. Cool on trays.

Notes

Recipe from Australian Women's Weekly.