Day 164 - Snickerdoodle Bars

 Snickerdoodles are one of my absolute favorite cookies, especially when they're just a touch chewy.

Have I told you that I like things that are chewy?

I don't know what it is, but any kind of candy that's chewy or cookie chewies  HAHA!!

I meant chewy cookies.

It's past bedtime and I could really fall asleep on this couch again like last night right now!

I type and then I put my head back and shut my eyes.  Pretty soon the eyes are not going to open again.

My goal next week (it's always good to have a goal, right?) is to bake in the mornings so that I can write my posts in the afternoon so that I can go to bed by 9 or so!

Ok, maybe not 9, but earlier than 11!

AND if I'm baking in the morning, the natural light will be better for me to take pictures in because I can't stand using the flash.

This lovely recipe comes from Michelle at the Brown Eyed Baker and she found it at My Baking Addiction. 

Thank you, Michelle!!!

Snickerdoodle Bars

2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg

2 cups packed brown sugar

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

2 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

1teaspoons cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking pan; set aside.

In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside.

In a mixing bowl, beat together the butter and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.  This will take about 5 minutes.

Add the eggs one at a time until well incorporated.  Add vanilla, making sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the mixing bowl with a rubber spatula.

With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture until just combined.

Again, scrape the sides of the bowl and pull the dough up from the bottom of the bowl to make sure all of the flour has been incorporated.

Put dough into prepared baking dish and spread evenly.

Mix granulated sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle evenly over the top.

Bake for 25-30 minutes or until surface springs back when touched lightly.

Cool completely before cutting. 

I loved shopping today!  Plate - $1.00, placemat - $0.49, finding cool props for food photography = priceless!!

I rate everything I bake on a scale of 1-4 and these Snickerdoodle Bars earned 3 1/2 rolling pins.

The smell of cinnamon while they were baking was unbelievable!  So yummy!

They were so tasty, too!  I think they could have used another 5 minutes in the oven because I took them out after 25 minutes and didn't do the finger touch test, so they were a tad underdone in the middle.  But I think that may have made them even a bit more delicious.  I really liked that the outer part was done and there was a little doughy inside.

And cinnamony.  They were cinnamony, but not too much.

I read somewhere that after you cook fish in the oven it's good to put a cookie sheet sprinkled with cinnamon into the oven to bake for 10 - 15 minutes.  I've tried it before and it works pretty well.

We're all sleeping in tomorrow!!  Woo Hoo!

I'll probably be up at 7, but it'll be 2 hours later than usual.

Happy baking!