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These air fryer snickerdoodle cookies are so soft and chewy. This simple recipe makes cinnamon sugar cookies that are delicious and easy to make, in just minutes!
Why You’ll Love These Snickerdoodle Cookies
You’ll love this perfect simple cookie recipe! It starts similar to traditional sugar cookies, but then adds sugar and cinnamon to make indulgent treats. There is nothing better than freshly home-baked cookies! This easy classic cookie recipe is a hit with the entire family!
If you love homemade cookies, you have to try our popular recipe for Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe.
Ingredients Needed to Make Snickerdoodle Cookies in Air Fryer
- Unsalted Butter– real butter, not margarine, and just slightly softened
- Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- All Purpose Flour
- Ground Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Salt
- Baking Soda
Ingredients Needed to Make Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- Sugar
- Cinnamon
How to Make Air Fryer Snickerdoodle Cookies
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To make these cookies from scratch, combine the butter, sugar, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl. Using a stand or hand mixer, beat the butter with sugars until smooth and creamy.
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Add eggs, vanilla, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and half of the flour. Mix until the dry ingredients combine with the butter mixture.
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Add the remaining half of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix on medium speed until the cookie dough is thick and creamy. Scrape any remaining dough from the sides of the bowl to ensure even mixing.
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In a small shallow bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon for the coating, and mix.
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Use a small cookie scoop or tablespoon to shape the equal-sized dough balls. Then gently roll the ball of dough in the bowl with cinnamon sugar mixture.
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Place the dough in Air Fryer basket on parchment paper. Leave about an inch between dough balls.
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Air Fry at 300 degrees F for 8-10 minutes until edges golden brown. Allow cookies to sit in air fryer basket for an additional 1 to 2 minutes cooking time before transferring to a wire rack.
Pro Tip for Best Results
I use a Cosori 5.8 Quart Air Fryer Oven. I can make 9 cookies in each batch, using a 1 1/2 inch scoop. Do not overfill the basket. Make cookies in batches to make these classic cookies.
To give cookies extra cinnamon and sugar flavor, sprinkle cookies with cinnamon and sugar, like McCormicks, after air frying as well.
FAQs
Yes! You can substitute almond flour for regular flour with a 1:1 ratio. Gluten-free flour is a perfect option for those with a gluten allergy or who want to reduce the carb content!
Yes! Coconut sugar is an excellent substitute because it contains fewer calories and is less processed than white sugar.
To keep cookies soft, you can store these cookies in an airtight container for up to five days. You can also freeze them for up to 6 months! If making smaller batches of cookies, you can freeze the dough as well!
The great thing about these simple cookies is that you can air fry them right away, and they will still have a nice chewy texture! However, If dough is too soft, it can over spread in the basket or on the baking tray. Chill on a baking sheet for 10-15 minutes before baking to slightly firm cookie dough if necessary.
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Air Fryer Snickerdoodle Cookies
Equipment
- 1 Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
Instructions
- To make these cookies from scratch, combine the butter, sugar, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
- Using a stand or had mixer, beat the butter with sugars until smooth and creamy.
- Add eggs, vanilla, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and half of the flour. Mix until the dry ingredients combine with the butter mixture.
- Add the remaining half of the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix on medium speed until the cookie dough is thick and creamy. Scrape any remaining dough from the sides of the bowl to ensure even mixing.
- In a small shallow bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon for the coating, and mix.
- Use a small cookie scoop or tablespoon to shape the equal-sized dough balls. Then gently roll the ball of dough in the bowl with cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Place the dough in Air Fryer basket on parchment paper. Leave about an inch between dough balls. Air Fry at 300 degrees F for 8-10 minutes until edges golden brown. Allow cookies to sit in air fryer basket for an additional 1 to 2 minutes cooking time before transferring to a wire rack.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
The cookies taste lovely, I must have made a mistake somewhere though because my dough was quite sloppy and they kept melting into each other in the air fryer, also there’s not much space in the basket so I started doing 2 or 3 at a time.
This recipe is SO yummy and easy – absolutely delicious – thank you!
So glad you loved them! We do, too. 🙂
Would these be able yo be done in a different type of Air Fryer? I saw at beginning of recipes it says needed “one air fryer” but in directions it says to place them in the basket of the air fryer.
We’d love to make them but don’t have that type of air fryer.
Hi Bobbi. You should be able to make them on a baking sheet or tray in your air fryer. Cooking times may need to be adjusted and if stacking trays, be sure to rotate them for even cooking.