Easy Snickerdoodle Bars Recipe

If you love snickerdoodle cookies, you’ll want to try these easy snickerdoodle bars. This delicious cinnamon-y treat is ready in just over a half hour! 

Cinnamon sugar coated snickerdoodle cookies are so popular and one of my most requested recipes, along with chewy chocolate chip cookies and ginger sparkles.  But sometimes you just don’t have time to hassle with making cookies. 

I’ve come to the rescue with these easy snickerdoodle bars. Cinnamon sugar goodness is wrapped up in a soft buttery bar. It’s kind of like a cinnamon blondie. These yummy bars melt in your mouth with just the right amount of crunch. I think you’ll love them! We sure do!

About this recipe

What’s unique about snickerdoodles is that slightly acidic flavor that comes from adding cream of tartar. Otherwise, they would be just regular sugar cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar. We’ve replicated that flavor in these snickerdoodle bars so you won’t miss the familiar tang. 

You can stir the dough up all in one bowl — you won’t need a mixer. Just melt butter, stir in an egg, sugar, and vanilla, and then add the flour, salt, and cream of tartar. Stir until all the ingredients are completely combined; then spread the dough in an 8-inch square pan. Make a mixture of cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle it liberally over the top of the bars.

Pop the pan in the oven, and you’ll have delicious bars in no time. They smell heavenly while they’re baking — they’re almost worth making just for the smell!

I know how tempting those snickerdoodle bars are when they come out of the oven but resist the temptation to try one for fifteen minutes or so. They really need to cool and firm up a bit before serving. Make a pot of coffee or tea to enjoy with these buttery cinnamon bars. Or try an iced vanilla latte!

What you need

One thing you’ll really like about these bars is that you probably have the ingredients on hand, all waiting to be turned into a delicious treat. As always, you can find the printable recipe at the bottom of this post.

• Wet Ingredients: All you need is butter, egg, and vanilla extract!
• Dry Ingredients: We keep it simple here, too. Grab your all-purpose flour, granulated white sugar, brown sugar, and the ingredient that adds that signature snickerdoodle tang, cream of tartar.
• For the topping: The topping is comprised of additional sugar and lots of ground cinnamon!

How to make these bars your own

• Make more! These bars are so good, maybe you want twice as many. Double all the ingredients to make a 9×13 inch pan.

Storage Tips

Cool bars completely and store in an airtight container for up to one week at room temperature, or in the freezer for up to 6 months.

More buttery, delicious bars

I think of bars as a no-fuss way to make cookies. No messing with little dough balls or baking individual sheets of cookies, bars are made in one pan and with only one baking time. Presto, they’re ready! Try:

• Easiest Blondie Recipe
• Raspberry White Chocolate Blondies
• Chocolate Chip Blondies
• Peanut Butter Cup Blondies Recipe
• Caramel Biscoff Blondies
• Oh Henry Bars with nut-free option
• Red Velvet Gooey Butter Bars
• Sky High Cream Cheese Brownies
• Seven Layer Cookie Bars by Shugary Sweets