Dreaming of a Thanksgiving Feast....

The smell of baked cinnamon wafting through the air makes you ready for the holidays that are quickly approaching. I am dreaming of turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, deviled eggs, pumpkin pie, butter beans, and yummy yeasty rolls. You must be wondering the cause of this Thanksgiving meal craze that's going on in my mind.

Snickerdoodles did it!

I found this recipe from Whole Grain Gourmet.


Whole Wheat Snickerdoodle

1 cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
2 eggs
1 1/3 cup organic sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups white whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp salt

Roll cookies in
2 tsp cinnamon
3 Tbsp organic sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper, or lightly grease.
2. Combine 2 tsp cinnamon and 3 Tbsp sugar in a small bowl and set aside.
3. Sift together flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt then set aside.
4. In a large bowl beat sugar with softened butter for 2 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture until thoroughly combined.

5. Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and then roll in cinnamon mixture to cover. Place cookies two inches apart on a cookie sheet.

6. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until the tops are light golden brown. Do not over bake.

 7. Allow cookies to cool for two minutes before removing them from the baking sheet. Transfer to rack to cool completely.

My cookies didn't flatten like the ones on the Whole Grain Gourmet website. I think it is because I used whole wheat flour instead of white whole wheat flour. ??? Who knows! They were still scrumptious!