White Chocolate Filled Snickerdoodles

by Laura and Diane

All other snickerdoodle recipes I now refer to as snickerdon'ts, but seriously these cookies are amazing!!! They are worth the ONE hr chilling time (usually I whine about waiting for cookies) and all the hands on time.   

Tonight Diane and I are making this cookies because of a favorite colleague's demands, but we look for any excuse to make these babies! They are chewy and melty with a bit of the cinnamon spice you love from a snickerdoodle.

White Chocolate Filled Snickerdoodles (Adapted from Cookies & Cream)

makes approx 24 cookies or 12 deep dish cookies

Prep time: 75 minutes ( 60 minutes chill time)

Hands on time: 20 minutes 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening, I used butter flavored
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 4 tbsp sugar
• approx 48 white chocolate pieces (we used Guittard melting chocolate pieces)

How to Make

1. Beat the shortening and butter...cream the sugar. Add eggs. Set aside.
2. Mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together. 
3. Add the vanilla and mix until incorporated. 
4. Then mix the dry ingredient mixture with the creamed sugar mixture until incorporated.
5. Chill dough for at least 1 hour in refrigerator. (don't cut out this step!)
6. Preheat oven to 350°
7. Mix 4 Tbsp of sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl
8. Scoop a rounded tablespoon sized ball of dough and form it around 4 white chocolate pieces (depends on the size of chocolate). Roll the dough in the cinnamon sugar mix. Place cookies on ungreased baking sheet 2 inches apart.
9. Bake for 10 minutes or until edges slightly golden. (Don't forget to turn half way through)
10. Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet 3 minutes before transferring to wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes

Adaptation ~ If you make this recipe into deep dish cookies, use a heaping 1/4 cup of cookie dough and stuff it with 6+ chocolates, increase baking time to 12-14 minutes until edges start to golden. Remember to spray your muffin top pan with cooking spray for easy release.