How To Make The Most Popular Holiday Cookies: Snickerdoodles, Peanut Butter Blossoms, and More!

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option with similar texture.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar offers a lower glycemic index.

eggs

🥗Healthier: flaxseed meal

💰Cheaper: applesauce

Flaxseed meal is a vegan substitute that binds well.

vanilla extract

🥗Healthier: vanilla bean

💰Cheaper: vanilla essence

Vanilla bean enhances flavor with natural richness.

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).

In a bowl, mix together bread flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, masala powder, and salt.

In a separate bowl, mix brown butter with dark brown sugar and granulated sugar until combined.

Add one whole egg, one egg yolk, plain Greek yogurt, and vanilla extract to the brown butter mixture, mixing until just combined.

Slowly stir in half of the dry ingredients into the wet mixture.

Once incorporated, add the rest of the dry ingredients, stirring with a spatula until combined. If crumbly, knead the dough with hands.

Let the dough rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Scoop and roll the dough into balls, coating each in masala sugar.

Place them on a baking sheet about 2 inches apart and bake until the edges just begin to turn golden brown.

Let the cookies cool to the touch, then transfer to a wire rack.

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