Caramel Stuffed Snickerdoodle Cookies

During all of this holiday madness (baking, eating, baking, eating, eating, eating), cookies sometime get a bad wrap. Super-simple, sure. But sometimes they just are under appreciated at the holiday parties. We’re going to fix that today.

Caramel Stuffed (you heard me!) Snickerdoodle Cookies for the win.

The first time I remember making a basic sugar cookie dough was an absolute disaster. I cooked a lot of random things during college that I was quite proud of, but those were not one of them. I blame finals or something. I remember that they totally turned into piles of butter patties (sounds worse than it was, I think) with chunks (another horrible word) of dough pieces just laying there like they found a shallow public pool to chill in. Just. Horrid.

Luckily for y’all, I’ve improved upon those baking disaster days and developed the world’s best simple snickerdoodle recipe. I know people say everything is the best. These are the best cupcakes you’ve ever had! This fruitcake is just the absolute best! (said nobody. ever.) I don’t think that I use “best” often, but this time it’s a go. Save those superlatives for when they really matter, y’all.

Packed full of butter (actually incorporated properly this time) and simple ingredients, rolled in cinnamon + finishing sugar, because you neeeeeeed that crunch, these are soft and chewy and just everything perfect in a sn’doodle. [Speaking of doodles, I wouldn’t mind someone sending me a goldendoodle, please. Be sure to put holes in the box when you mail it.]

I starting planning these out when a friend / fellow local Nashville blogger, Lindsey of Love & Olive Oil, and her bestestest friend Julie from The Little Kitchen hosted their annual charity cookie event, the Food Blogger Cookie Swap. I’ve participated in this before (with Cornflake Cookies — my ultimate favorite cookie), and it’s a great way to share and receive some deeeelicious cookies from fellow blog buddies around the country.

My cookies were shipped over to Erin of Zen & Spice, Stephanie form The Tiptoe Fairy, and Renee of Married and Hungry.

All of the participating blogs donate a little cash money to the Cookies for Kids’ Cancer group. A lot of you know, but I work at a local University as a cancer research biologist as my 9-5. I see the need for additional funding in this field on a daily basis in a very personal way. It’s great to see something as simple as some cookies and a bit of butter by bloggers to give back a bit during the holiday season.

Set a few of these out for Santa. Don’t go crazy or anything. Just a couple is all he needs. The rest you’re going to want to keep.

I pop these in the microwave for 5-6 seconds and forget about all of the troubles in the world. Everything is perfect when you have a snickerdoodle cookie with creamy caramel in the middle. Everything.

Happy holidays, y’all!