Rachel's Snickerdoodles

I got the Rachel Allen, Bake, book a while ago. I had a voucher and had seen Maria do a few recipes out of it and they looked right up my street. Of course I got it and then it's sat in my kitchen for god knows how long.

(If I had my way I'd bake something different every night and spend the day eating the fruits of my labours.)

So I pulled it out the other day and had a look at all the pages I so studiously bookmarked the day I got it. The Snickerdoodles won out ecause they looked relatively simple and, well, they're called Snickerdoodles.

And they rule.

They rule the biscuit world.

They are light and fluffy and taste a little bit like Christmas because of the cinnamon and nutmeg.

I seriously might spend all day eating these...

Ingredients

(Rachel reckons this makes 26 but I only got 13 - not sure where I went wrong!)

125g butter, softened

110g caster sugar (plus 1dsp extra for rolling)

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 tsp vanilla extract

250g plain flour

Half tsp freshly grated nutmeg (I used ground because I'm lazy)

Three quarters tsp baking powder

Pinch of salt

1 dsp ground cinnamon

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180c

2. Cream butter in large bowl. Add 110g caster sugar and beat until mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract until combined.

3. Sift in flour, nutmeg, baking powder and salt and mix together to form a dough.

4. Mix dsp of sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.

5. Using hands, roll dough into walnut-sized balls then roll in the sugar and cinnamon mixture and place on baking tray (This could be where I went wrong - maybe I thought walnuts were twice the size they actually are!!)

6. Leave about 3cm between each ball (no need to grease or line the tray) and then flatten down with the palm of your hand.

7. Bake in oven for about 15 mins, or until they feel firm around the edges.

8. STUFF THEM IN YOUR FACE!!

Loving these and will be taking them to my Mum's today because my brother is over with his wife and baby and I'm hoping we can all enjoy them with cups of tea. That is if there's any left before I go over there...