Snickerdoodle Blondie Bars
ShareThe perfect recipe for snickerdoodle blondies. Chewy cinnamon blondie brownie bars with a cinnamon-sugar topping.
Can you believe it’s December?! How in the world?! This year flew by. We’ll be saying the same thing again next year too, but seriously – SO fast!
I swear the second Thanksgiving was over I started seeing tons of photos of Christmas trees being put up or purchased. Have you put yours up yet? Sticking with our yearly tradition, we put up our tree this past weekend! It was on hold for a few days while I got over a stomach bug. Something is definitely going around and I’ll be glad to never experience that again.
I feel like I must have jinxed myself with our tree this year by talking about and dreaming of a huge tree because, what would be our luck but to put it up and find out that an entire row of lights aren’t working. Just one section, smack in the middle. How many years are you even supposed to get from these things? The tree itself is fine but the bulbs are definitely starting to go here and there. I’m hoping I can put a new string of lights in and have it look normal. Fingers crossed!
Snickerdoodle cookies are hands down one of my favorite holiday cookie. They’re classic and simple, yet so fun to make… and eat! I’m a big fan of soft and chewy snickerdoodles… never crunchy! So, I combined my favorite snickerdoodle cookie with my go to blondie bar into one incredible seasonal dessert.
If you make one blondie bar this season, it has to be these snickerdoodle blondie bars. They’re the perfect blend of soft and chewy, loaded with the perfect cinnamon-sugar snickerdoodle topping! These are an absolute must make!
Snickerdoodle Blondie Bars
Ingredients
- 1 C unsalted butter softened
- 1 C granulated sugar
- 1 C light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 1/2 C all purpose flour
Topping:
- 1/4 C granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13 inch baking pan with parchment paper. Lightly grease exposed pan and parchment paper.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars. Mix in eggs and vanilla, followed by dry ingredients. Mix until smooth and no streaks remain. Lightly grease hands, press mixture into an even layer in prepared baking pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar topping mixture.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Allow blondies to cool before slicing. Store in an airtight container for up to several days.
Notes
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I’ve I could top everything with cinnamon sugar I would. :)
These look divine!
That would be an amazing and tasty cinnamon-sugar world haha :)
My boys LOVE snickerdoodles they are going to fall in love with this recipe. Pinning now!
Thanks Amy! :)
These look delicious! I love snickerdoodles! Even better in the form of a soft blondie! No tree for me yet. Maybe this week…time does go by too fast. Hope you are feeling better.
Thanks so much Liz!
That was one of the good things about moving this year, is we took all our lights off of our trees and garland. Last season we had a bunch go out. So we started fresh this year with new lights. On the down side, we had to restring everything! Wish I had some of the snickerdoodle blondies to get me through the day!! They look awesome!!
I truly dread the day we have to take the lights fully off of the tree. Sounds horrible. I strung a few new sections over the existing as a quick fix haha.
I adore blondies! Love that you made a snickerdoodle version! Pinned!
Thanks Anna!
Ughhhh Christmas lights!! Good thing these snickerdoodle blondies exist to soothe us <3
If only I had them to munch on when this happened!
These blondies look fantastic! They would be perfect for the holidays.
Thanks Alyssa!
Love those adorable rumples!
Thanks Sue!
i love EVERYTHING about this recipe. blondies for the win!
Thanks Caralyn!
We don’t put up our tree until the 2nd week of December, can’t stand the needles falling off before New Years. Love these chewy blondies, cinnamon makes them perfect for eating with coffee or hot chocolate!
The up side to a fake tree I guess…but it still sheds, just not as bad as a real one :)
My daughter and I made these tonight and they are fantastic!!! So soft and yummy. The family all loved them. Thank you!
Yay! So glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for sharing :)
Mmm these look amazing!!! I love everything with cinnamon, so these sound soo amazing. Need to try them! Pinned :)
Thanks Rachel!
I’m all about the snickerdoodle — aaaaand the blondies and dessert. So these are right up my alley!
Thanks Stephanie!
Couldn’t get home quickly enough to try these out. Subbed in King Arthur’s gluten free flour and they came out AMAZING!
So glad you enjoyed them! Thanks so much for sharing :)
Wow, these look like perfection! Honestly, so lovely!
Thanks Jessica!
I have no idea when we’re even going to get our tree up – I literally have no time for holidays this year!! Way too much going on! I need some of these snickerdoodle blondies to get me through the holidays! ;)
Tonight!! Perfect night to do it lol :)
Those look so soft and chewy and amazing! Love that cinnamon sugar topping! Our tree is missing lights this year too, so disappointing. I was wondering how long they’re supposed to last too! We turned the bad section to the back though, so it’ll work for this year! :)
Haha! I love that you just positioned it to hide the dead lights. I wish we could have done that with ours!
Yum! I love cinnamon – these look great. So chewy and delicious.
Thanks Sarah!
LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!
Thanks Amanda!
I’ll take a dozen, please! :)
Hey Rachel, I made a double batch of these (which worked perfectly in two half sheet pans) and I wanted to say thank you. It was well loved with no leftovers. The only difficulty was in spreading the batter in the pans. No amount of oil on my hands would have kept it from sticking. I think I might have chilled it a bit before that step. LOL
I’m glad you enjoyed them! It could be that it was such a large batch that caused it to be overly sticky somehow. They are sticky but nothing baking spray or a pat of butter shouldn’t help. :)
Can you omit parchment paper ?
The parchment paper helps prevent sticking to the pan and allows for easier removal of the bars. You’re welcome to attempt them without the parchment paper but I cannot promise how they will turn out.
I’ve never heard of such a thing! YUMMY! PINNED! :)
I made these last night without the parchment paper, just greased the glass pan generously. They came right out without sticking! I made them for a church luncheon and they were a huge hit. Thank you!! Going to make them again for our family Christmas gathering this coming weekend. Yummy!
So glad everyone enjoyed them and happy to hear they worked well without parchment. Thanks for sharing! :)
These sound amazing! Wondered if margarine could be subbed for the butter? Thanks for the recipe!
I haven’t personally tried with margarine. If you’re both familiar and comfortable with using it in baking, I’d go ahead and give it a try. Enjoy! :)
My comment is a little late. I bought my tree 10 years ago, and last year a couple of sections of the lights died. This year my hubby spent a long time trouble-shooting, but we never found the problem. Since I wanted more color than the plain white lights, I added 4 strings of multi-colored twinkly lights, and it’s my prettiest tree yet! I added a few sentimental ornaments, but the combination of lights didn’t need much added to it.
I’m making your yummy recipe on Christmas Eve.
I hope you enjoy the blondies! And glad I’m not alone with the tree issues ;)
Rachel, I am a huge fan of yours. I keep finding recipes of yours on Pinterest and trying them out and they all work. This one I made for 75 people and had more requests for this recipe than any other from any blog I read. I’ve posted a link to you on my blog for folks who want to find the recipe. Thanks for all you give us!
So glad everyone enjoyed it! Thanks so much for sharing :)
These look soo good! My mom’s favorite cookie is a snickerdoodle, so she would flip over these bars. Can’t wait to make them for her =)
Enjoy!
How are these Snickerdoodles without the traditional Cream of Tartar in them? Aren’t they just sugar cookie bars with cinnamon otherwise? I’ve always put Cream of Tartar in my Snickerdoodles. It gives them a tangy flavor, I think. I’d love to hear back regarding this. They do, however, look delicious whatever you call them.
Surprisingly enough, not all snickerdoodle cookie recipes call for cream of tartar. Though I agree it’s typically a traditional ingredient, it’s not necessary and doesn’t add any drastic flavor being such a tiny amount. Items are often considered snickerdoodle when they have a cinnamon batter and cinnamon-sugar coating, much like churros, only the batters and cooking process are very different.
THESE ARE SO GOOD!! I ate the whole pan over a week. ahhh
So glad you enjoyed them! :)
Debbie Pritchard did you try the recipe using margarine? If so, how did they come out?
Wow! I’m a snickerdoodle virgin (they’re not really known here in Ireland) but this recipe seemed so easy I had to give it go. I’m so glad I did, these blondies are amazing! Thanks so much for the recipe.
So glad you enjoyed them! :)
Made these today! I was a bit worried while making them, they didn’t look how I expected but once baked, they came out soo well, a definite crowd pleaser :)
So glad you enjoyed them! :)
Hi. I have made these before and they were great but the main comment I received from the people eating them was that they had a very bitter aftertaste. I want to make them again. Any suggestions?
My guess is that you either swapped in baking soda by accident or added too much baking powder. Baking soda is typically what would give off a bad taste if too much is added and doesn’t have an acidic item to balance it out.
This recipe showed up in my Pinterest feed, and I made it right away because I needed to make a dessert for a dinner group and had all the ingredients on hand already, which almost never happens. I’m almost always one or two ingredients short when I find a recipe. These are DELICIOUS!!! My family loved them, and the people we were sharing dinner with gobbled them up and gave their hearty approval. Thank you for this winner of a recipe!
So glad everyone enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing :)
Additional note: I didn’t have parchment paper on hand, so I generously buttered tinfoil, and the bars came right off without sticking.
Yum! Just like a brownie but no chocolate. They are super sweet but good. Would be good served warm with vanilla ice cream.
So glad you enjoyed them!
wonderful recipe- so easy! my dad’s birthday is tomorrow and snickerdoodles are his favorite, but balancing time between my husband, two littles and my full time graveyard shift leaves me very little time for baking, something i love to do. i appreciated that these were so simple to put together and such a good recipe! i’m sure my dad will love them, my husband and kiddos sure did :) one thing i did was sprinkle about half the topping onto the parchment before spreading the dough into the pan, then just sprinkled the rest on top. makes them a little more like the real thing with cinnamon sugar on top and bottom.
So glad everyone enjoyed them. I hope your Dad loves them just as much!
Normally I’m a chocolate girl, but these looked too good not to try. I didn’t have any parchment paper, but I couldn’t wait, so I generously greased my glass baking dish, and hoped for the best. They came out easily. These bars are so yummy!! My family devoured them. My husband says they’re “dangerous”. So good!!! Thanks for the recipe!!
So glad to hear everyone enjoyed them! Thanks for sharing! :)
These look and sound wonderful but was wondering if you could use an egg replacement in the recipe instead of eggs??
I have never tried using an egg replacement within a recipe so I can’t be sure how it would work out. However, if you’re familiar with doing that, simply substitute the same amount of egg replacer for that of each egg. One egg equals roughly 3 tablespoons. Good luck!
I made these and they reminded me of state fair mini donuts but in a bar format. So yummy!
So glad you enjoy them! :)
Made these over the weekend for a family gathering. Seriously SO good. Everyone gave them two thumbs up. Making again for sure.
So glad to hear everyone enjoyed them! Thanks so much for sharing, Jesseca! :)
I made these for a bridal shower this week and they were a huge hit. Very moist and the cinnamon flavor was just right. I will make these again.
So glad everyone enjoyed them! Thanks for sharing :)
When they roll out the Snickerdoodle coffee at Starbucks each Fall I get a text or a call from my son telling me how he is really craving some of my Snickerdoodles. I think I might surprise him on my next trip to New York by taking some of these yummy treats.
I hope you and your son enjoy them! :)
These are AMAZING! I made them a few months ago and just came across them again and they are making my stomach growl! It is way too late to be looking at yummy recipes!
So glad you’ve enjoyed them! Thanks for sharing, Whitni! :)
THESE LOOK FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wish I could try them:(. Anyway, I’ll try them soon.
Thanks, Jessica! I hope you enjoy them. :)
I have these in the oven right now…..they smell AMAZING!!! Hope they taste as good!!!
I hope you enjoyed them! :)
These were so easy to make and tasted so good. And as an added bonus the house smelled fantastic. Thanks for the recipe!
So glad you enjoyed them, Lauren! Thanks for sharing! :)
If I doubled this recipe, would it work in an 18×13 in sheet pan?
They’d likely be a bit thicker and you may need to adjust the bake time, but it should still work. Good luck!
This is an amazing recipe. Since I pinned it last month, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve made them. They are a hit wherever I’ve taken them!
So glad you’ve enjoyed them! Thanks for sharing, Jackie! :)