Chewy Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

This is a little bit of a deviation from my typically healthy recipes, but, since I am handing out cinnamon sugar as a Sugar N Spice favor for my dear friend Traci's baby shower, I wanted to put up a recipe to accompany it.

Below is my recipe for a chewy, rich, and delicious cinnamon sugar cookie. I love a snickerdoodle as much as the next gal, but these cookies truly bring out the cinnamon sugar flavor and are a little more dense than a snickerdoodle. Enjoy, and for those visiting the website after the shower, thanks for coming!

INGREDIENTS:

For Topping:
3 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

For Cookies:2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar ( I used beet sugar)
1 cup softened unsalted butter
3 eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a small bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon for rolling the dough in. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, soda and salt. Mix well with wire whisk.
In a large bowl, blend sugars with an electric mixer set at medium speed. Add the butter and mix until combined. Then, add eggs and vanilla extract. Mix at medium speed until light and fluffy.

Add the flour mixture and blend at low speed just until combined. DON'T OVER MIX OR YOU WILL HAVE PLAYDOH COOKIES! Shape dough into 1inch balls and roll each ball in cinnamon-sugar topping.

Place onto ungreased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Enjoy, mamas!

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