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Snickerdoodle Blondies are a snickerdoodle cookie in bar form filled with lots of cinnamon and brown sugar goodness.
Why You’ll Love this Recipe!
These snickerdoodle blondies are the perfect way to feed a crowd of snickerdoodle lovers! Snickerdoodle Cookie Bars bring all of the cinnamon flavor of the cookie to a delicious bar recipe.
I am a big blondie fan. In fact, I would pick a blondie bar over a brownie. I first made these Snickerdoodle Blondies when I was in charge of a large church event and we were doing a dessert bar. Bar cookie are great when you are feeding a lot of people. They are easier to make than cookies and you can cut them into whatever size you need in order to have enough.
Ingredients Needed
- Flour. I like to use unbleached all purpose flour
- Baking Powder
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Cream of Tartar
- Salt
- Sugars. Granulated sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar
- Butter
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- Cinnamon Chips. These can be a little tricky to find. They are more readily available at the holiday time. When I see them I grab several bags and keep them in my freezer. If you can’t find them, the bars will still be delicious. You could also substitute in white chocolate chips.
- Heavy Whipping Cream
How to Make Snickerdoodle Blondies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray 9×13 pan with nonstick spray. Line pan with parchment and let it hang over the sides and spray parchment with nonstick spray too
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cream of tartar and salt; set aside
- In a large bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer (3 to 5 minutes)
- Mix in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla. Keep beating until mixture is smooth.
- Stir in dry ingredients until well blended. If using cinnamon chips, stir them in now
- Spread the thick batter evenly into the prepared pan. Spray your hands with cooking spray and use them to pat the mixture down evenly
- Combine the cinnamon-sugar topping in a small bowl; sprinkle evenly on top of batter.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until surface springs back when gently pressed. Let pan cool completely.
- When ready to cut, use ends of parchment paper to lift out baked bars and place on a cutting board.
- If you’re adding the glaze, whisk the glaze ingredients in a medium bowl and drizzle onto the bars in decorative fashion
- Let glaze set (this will work more quickly in the refrigerator) then use a large, sharp knife to cut into bars
Tips from Leigh Anne
- You don’t have to use parchment paper in your pan if you don’t have any but it does make it easier to remove them from the pan and cut.
- Put the glaze in a little zip bag, snip off the end and you’ll have a way to squirt the glaze on in whatever decorative way you’d like
I found the recipe over at my fellow food blogger Lori’s blog, RecipeGirl. Lori called these Snickerdoodle Heaven and if you are a snickerdoodle fan I think you will too. Even if you aren’t a snickerdoodle fan, give them a try. Everyone I shared them with loved them and asked for the recipe!
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Snickerdoodle Blondies
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp. cream of tartar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 cups brown sugar packed
- 1 cup butter at room temperature
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup cinnamon chips optional
Topping:
- 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- pinch of nutmeg
Glaze (optional):
- 1 cup powdered sugar sifted
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray 9×13 pan with nonstick spray
- Line pan with parchment and let it hang over the sides and spray parchment with nonstick spray too
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cream of tartar and salt; set aside
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer (3 to 5 minutes)
- Mix in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla. Keep beating until mixture is smooth.
- Stir in flour mixture until well blended
- If using cinnamon chips, stir them in now
- The batter will be thick. Spread it evenly into the prepared pan. Spray your hands with cooking spray and use them to pat the mixture down evenly
- Combine the topping ingredients in a small bowl; sprinkle evenly on top of batter
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until surface springs back when gently pressed
- Let pan cool completely
- When ready to cut, use ends of parchment paper to lift out baked bars
- Place on a cutting board. If you’re adding the glaze, whisk the glaze ingredients in a medium bowl and drizzle onto the bars in decorative fashion
- Let glaze set (this will work more quickly in the refrigerator) then use a large, sharp knife to cut into bars
Tips & Notes:
- You don’t have to use parchment paper in your pan if you don’t have any but it does make it easier to remove them from the pan and cut.
- Put the glaze in a little zip bag, snip off the end and you’ll have a way to squirt the glaze on in whatever decorative way you’d like
michelle says
We have made these twice in my home now–they are truly wonderful…Thanks for a great recipe!
Greg Hall says
You can get the same cinnamon chips that Great Harvest uses at the following site: (and you are right, they are much better than Hershey’s).
thepreparedpantry.com
These folks are great to work with, love to talk about their products, test everything they use and sell, and have high quality products at good prices.
Kara says
I have made these four times now and everyone who has tried them has loved them. I ran out of cinnamon chips and used butterscotch instead. My boys like them even better that way. Thanks for sharing another fabulous recipe!!
Jennifer says
I made this last weekend and I am ashamed to say that this pregnant girl and her husband ate the whole pan! They were sooo good!
Andie says
I love the dessert recipes that you share! I want to try every single one of those bars! They sounds so yummy! I’ve got some baking to do.