A single serve snickerdoodle cookie without any egg. A simple to make chewy cookie for one (or two) coated in cinnamon and sugar. All you need is a small bowl and a few basic ingredients.
This single serve snickerdoodle cookie is the perfect quick and easy cookie you can throw together and enjoy in less than thirty minutes. It's chewy, sweet and has the best cinnamon coating.
For more single serving cookie recipes, try my single serve chocolate chip cookie or my single serve double chocolate cookie.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
- No Egg: So many recipes have you use a small portion of an egg, but this recipe doesn't require an egg.
- One Cookie: Perfect when you just want one cookie! Or bake one when it's a friend's birthday and you want to drop off a treat.
- Ready in less than 30 Minutes: From start to finish you can be enjoying a fresh warm cookie in less than 30 minutes.
Ingredient Notes
Full ingredient measurements and instructions can be found in the recipe card below.
- Butter: I always use salted butter in my baking. I love the extra flavor it adds.
- Sugar: You will use only granulated sugar in this cookie.
- Milk: This will help add some binding and moisture to replace the egg. I used 2%, but whatever you have is great.
- Cream of Tartar: This is a standard ingredient in snickerdoodles, but you can skip if you don't have it on hand or don't care for the taste.
- Flour: I have tested this recipe with all-purpose and gluten free flour.
Step by Step Instructions
- Step 1: In a small bowl mix together the melted butter and sugar. Add in vanilla and milk and mix again.
- Step 2: Mix in baking soda, salt, cream of tartar and flour and mix.
- Step 3: Shape one large cookie ball (or two medium) and roll in cinnamon and sugar. Place on the baking sheet. Chill the dough in the freezer for 5-10 minutes while the oven preheats if you prefer a thicker cookie.
- Step 4: Bake the cookie for 12-14 minutes, or until a light golden brown along the edges. Sprinkle with flaked salt as soon as it's done baking. If baking two medium cookies bake for 10-12 minutes.
Expert Baking Tips
- If your dough feels dry at all, or doesn't come together into a ball add an extra teaspoon of milk. If your dough feels too sticky add an extra 1-2 teaspoons of flour.
- This makes one giant snickerdoodle cookie, or you can turn it into two.
- Chill your cookie before baking if you prefer a thicker cookie.
- If you have a scale I would highly suggest using it for this recipe. It's such small amounts that the little variation can affect how it bakes.
FAQ
Instead of doubling this recipe I would suggest using my small batch snickerdoodle recipe that will give you 4 cookies, or my regular snickerdoodle recipe if you want a full size batch.
Cookies that spread too thin usually need a bit more flour. You want your dough to feel a bit sticky, but still be able to shape into a ball. Another tip is to push the cookie in right after it's done baking and help to shape the cookie a bit.
Yes, this cookie works and tastes great using a 1:1 gluten free flour.
Storing & Freezing
If you wanted to make this single serve snickerdoodle cookie into two cookies you could either bake both cookies and save one in the freezer for later. OR you could bake one, and refrigerate or freeze the other cookie ball and bake whenever you wanted another one.
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Single Serve Snickerdoodle Cookie
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons (28 g) salted butter melted
- 3 tablespoons (36 g) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons (8 g) milk any kind
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon (0.13 teaspoon) salt
- ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) cream of tartar
- ⅓ cup (47 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar for rolling
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) cinnamon for rolling
- flaked sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line a small baking sheet with parchment paper
- In a small bowl mix together the melted butter and sugar. Add in vanilla and milk and mix again.
- Mix in baking soda, salt, cream of tartar and flour and mix.
- Shape one large cookie ball (or two medium) and roll in cinnamon and sugar. Place on the baking sheet. Chill the dough in the freezer for 5-10 minutes while the oven preheats if you prefer a thicker cookie.
- Bake the cookie for 12-14 minutes, or until a light golden brown along the edges. Sprinkle with flaked salt as soon as it's done baking. If baking two medium cookies bake for 10-12 minutes.
Sandy
This is a genius idea! Comes together quickly and tastes great! Perfect for a quick and easy treat that actually tastes great fresh and warm from the oven!
Bailey
These single serve recipes are genius and fool proof! So yummy!