Backpost: Snickerdoodles…
They seemed like they would be fairly simple. And, of course, I thought, surely I could substitute out some of the butter for apple sauce, and leave out perhaps a third of it. Who needs butter? All these silly people online going on about how you *need* butter, well, I was going to show them…
I have a terrific dessert book “I <3 Sugar” which had a very respectable snickerdoodle recipe, so it seemed like a sign. It seemed to be going well… the smell was enjoyable… the hour-long minimum suggested wait for the dough to chill seemed excessive, but I thought it best not to argue.
…then I realized the extra egg I accidentally put in.
the result, once the whole thing was completed? well, between the lack of butter and the extra egg, they at first came out like cute little cinnamon breads. however, they hardened quickly overnight, becoming cinnamon-flavoured bread-roll-looking biscotti. hence, despite the lack of their being cooked twice and therefore undeserving of the name, I decided upon “cinnascotti”. unfortunately, no one was particularly fond of them, although as he’s a terrific vaccuum (<3), the boyfriend finished the lot:
