A semi-successes, and a success from a previous failure. Yes, it's time for more baking adventures!
The last time I tried to make snickerdoodles - said to be some of the easiest to make cookies ever - I failed big time. They didn't rise, they were flat and hard and horrible. I still don't know where I went wrong. :( And I've been resisting them since. But then I got a square baking pan (finally!) and read this very simple recipe and took a punt on another snickerdoodle related baking attempt...
Snickerdoodle Blondies
originally from Baking Bites
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 large egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup white chocolate chips (optional)
1 tbsp sugar + 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 180C. Line a 8×8-inch baking pan (I forgot to do this and it turned out okay).
Cream softened butter and sugar together until light. Add in salt, egg and vanilla extract and combine well. Stir in the flour, mix well, and stir in the choc chips evenly through the batter.
Pour (or push - it's quite a thick dough) into the pan and smooth out the top.
Mix together the extra sugar and cinnamon, then sprinkle this topping evenly over the dough.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, until the edges are lightly brown. Cool in the pan before slicing into bars.
I added the choc chips on a whim, and I should've compensated by dialing back the amount of sugar (which I have done in the quantities listed above).
But I guess these turned out okay as I took them to church for morning tea, and didn't even get to try a piece as it all went quite quickly!
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And these I made this afternoon. It was ridiculously easy, just a straight combination of ingredients, but they don't really taste like donuts. :(
It made for a decent, quick afternoon snack at least.
Muffins That Taste Like Donuts
originally from tasty kitchen
1 3/4 cup plain flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup oil
3/4 cup sugar
1 whole egg
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
Prepare a 12-cup muffin tray. Preheat oven to 180C.
Mix together dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon).
Combine oil, sugar, egg and milk. Pour into dry mix, and stir until just combined.
Pour batter into muffin holes until just below the rim.
Bake for 20-30 minutes until tops are just lightly brown.
Melt the butter in a bowl (I just microwaved it). Combine the sugar with cinnamon in a separate bowl. Dip the still hot muffin in the butter to coat its top, then into the sugar/cinnamon mix.
Let the muffins cool on a rack.
