Cookies or cupcakes? That is the question.
Well, I couldn’t decide either. You see I’ve been mesmerized by a recipe for snickerdoodle cupcakes from Martha Stewart’s Cupcake Book. But, seeing as how I have never made snickerdoodle cookies, I had to make them, too. It’s only fair. Or at least it’s a good excuse… right?
These cookies were really easy to make and I’m not sure why I’ve never tried them before now. Maybe their name made them seem difficult or too fancy or something. Or, maybe it’s because they don’t have any chocolate in them. Yeah, that’s probably why. Recipes without chocolate usually get moved to the bottom of the list.
The cookie dough is rolled in cinnamon and sugar, which gives them their signature look when baked.
Simple and pretty!
Here’s the original Snickerdoodle Recipe from marthastewart.com. It makes about 4 dozen cookies.
And here is how I tweaked it slightly to make about 20 cookies.
Snickerdoodle Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
Now… time to make the cupcakes.
Here’s the original recipe from marthastewart.com that makes 28.
And here is how I tweaked it slightly to make enough for 12 cupcakes and 12 mini cupcakes (not shown).
Make this seven minute frosting. To decorate, pipe on frosting, place one cookie on top and then pipe another dollop of frosting on top. Sprinkle with leftover cinnamon and sugar from the Snickerdoodle cookie recipe. Store in an airtight container.
Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting. I used the same one Martha recommends. It’s a Seven-Minute Frosting. Recipe here.
I’ve gotta tell you… I’d definitely make the cookies and cupcakes again… they were yummy. But I think I would have to try them with another frosting. The seven minute frosting was kind of a pain to make and couple that with the fact that I’m not a big fan of light and airy or meringue-tasting frostings… well, I don’t think I’ll be making it again anytime soon.
But they sure do look cute.
By the way, did you even notice these super adorable cupcake pedestals? They come in a box of 6. Thank you Naomi, for sending me the link. And, the brown cupcake liners are from www.confectioneryhouse.com.
Cookies or cupcakes? Cupcakes or cookies?
Hard choice, I know.
Here – let me make it a little more difficult with a few pictures from the inside of each of these books.
Do you want one?
Martha Stewart’s Cookies
or Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes
- Just leave a comment on this post and let me know which book you would rather have. You get to choose. Easy.
- Leave your comment with a way for me to contact you if you win.
- Deadline to enter is Tuesday, October 13 at 7 p.m. ET
- One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Tuesday evening on this post.
Good Luck!
OK… TIME’S UP! I actually started counting all of the entries to see how many people wanted the cupcake book vs. how many wanted the cookie book. But, I stopped after a couple hundred comments because there was no way I would be able to get that done tonight in time to announce the winner. But fyi, in the first two hundred plus entries, cookies were slightly edging out cupcakes.
That’s good news for about half of you. Because all you cookie lovers are going to get another chance another day. The winner of today’s giveaway is a cupcake lover.
Congratulations Bailey! 1,751 is your lucky number.
Wow… they are both such great books. I make cookies more than cupcakes these days, so my vote is for the Cookie Cookbook!
Ohhhh….tough to decide…I think cupcakes. But I have made those gingerbread snowflakes in the cookie book and love them!
Oh my!!! How can I choose just one…since I’ve just started the cupcake thing…I’ll have to do the cupcake book…
cookies!
I really want the cookie book… first. :)
I would LOVE the cookie book!!!
I hate cinnamon, and yet those manage to look delicious! :D
I’ve completely worn out my old cupcake cookbook, I’ve baked most of the recipes and got chocolate and margarine on all the pages, so I’d love the cupcake book! :)
I’d go for cookies…
Cookies, I think, because there is more variety.
yum!
I would LOVE the cookie cookbook.
What a cool giveaway…
This blog is AMAZING!
I would absolutely love the cupcake recipe! It would be so fun to be able to experiment with so many different recipes!
Cupcakes!
Cupcakes for sure — I love little mini cakes!! Ooh I hope I win :)
Cupcake please! My first instinct was to go with the cookie book, but I could bake a different cookie each day with all the cookie books I have. So in fairness I’ve decided a cupcake book would be fun!!
~Risa
I would love the cupcake one! Over here in the UK we don’t get many variations on the old plain sponge with buttercream icing cupcake…. :(
I would love either but I choose the cookie cookbook!
I want the cookie book!! I LOVE cookies!
I love to prepare cookies for my family, neighboors, friends and specially for little kids and old people. I decorate them with a lot of color to bring these people a touch of happiness, I always see Martha Stewart tv show and I love it. For that reason I prefer to choose a cookie book. Thanks Bakerella this blog, it makes me so happy
cupcakes!
These cupcakes look so yummy and I love love love snickerdoodle cookies!! Not sure that I would do the 7 minute frosting though, I’m a little to lazy for that! :D I would love the cupcake book!!
Both would be awesome but I think if I had to choose just one then it would have to be cookies. Cupcakes are awesome but cookies just win.
i’d love to have the cookie book. we’re cookie-a-holics around here. thanks so much for the chance.
I would LOVE either one! But especially the cookie one! Please pick me!
Cupcake book all the way…it looks so yummy!
Cookies!!
Definitely cupcakes!! I have three kids ages 5, 4 and 2 — need cute cupcake ideas for their classrooms. I made Hello Kitty cupcakes out of the your cupcake pops for my daughter’s 4th birthday. They were ADORABLE and she loved them!! Thanks for that recipe and all of your absolutely beautiful ideas. You are the NEW Martha!!
The cookies one would be awesome! I love making cookies with my children!
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Cookies… maybe cupcakes… no definitely cookies!
Cupcakes, please!
Tough decision….I would be happy with either….but forced to choose gotta go with the cupcakes!
Oh oh oh, I hope you ship to Germany too! I can’t choose, perhaps you could choose one randomly? But if I had to pick one, I would choose the cookie book!
Cookies of course! There is nothing better than the smell of warm chocolate chip cookies coming out of the oven :)
I really want the cookie book since I have tons of cupcakes books!!! Please!!!
Mmm…I think cookies. Those cookie cupcakes look beautiful by the way!
Cupcakes! What’s better? Also, I think your blog is great. I love the photos.
I would love the cupcake book!!! Cupcakes are my favorite food!
Either would be awesome but forced to pick I would go with cookies. YUMM!
Oooh! Cookies!!
hard choice, but think the cookies one!
No contest – COOKIES! I’d rather have a cookie than a . . . a. . . well, ANYTHING!
no contest. I’m a cookie girl ALL the way!
The cupcake book would be perfect for those gorgeous cupcake stands!!!
I would love the cookie book!
I would love to have the cookie book!
I love your posts. Thru your blog I hooked up witht lollipopshop on Etsy and I will soon have my own florist lolli-scene! Hooray! Yeah Bakerella!
P.s. I’d have make the cupcake cookie tower too!
I loooooooooooove cake tho! (cupcakes too!) Must buy the cupcake stands! So a-dor-a-ble
I would definitely choose the cupcake cookbook. I have a blue million cookie recipes, but very few cupcake recipes.
Mmmm… cupcakes please – so we could use our cupcake wrappers
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The cupcake book looks wonderful, I LOVE cupcakes!! Your website is so inspiring and I’m such a visual person, I often find myself drooling all over my keyboard! : – )
It’d have to be the cookie one for me :). While I do love cupcakes, cookies and milk still hold the baking part of my heart.
I would really love the cookie book. The snickerdoodles look great!
The cupcake cookbook! Delicious :)
I’d definitely have to take the cookie book. Cookies are so much more portable and I love to make things I can hide in my husband’s lunchbox.
Cookie cookbook please. I love baking cookies…and eating them too!! :)
Oh, my!!! Cookies or cupcakes???? I think I would have to pick…the CUPCAKES!!! They are just so fun!!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your site!!! About to attempt the pumpkin pie bites!!!
Thanks so much for sharing :) !!!!!
I would LOVE that cookie book. My fiancee doesn’t eat cake/cupcakes (HERESY!) but he can’t get enough cookies!
Definately cupcakes, cuter, softer and the icing… oh yeah :D
Ooo, I’d love either of them, but I think the cookie one would get more usage at my house… A tough decision, though!!
Wow, perfect timing! My mom’s birthday is coming up and I was just thinking how I should make her some snickerdoodles, her favorite cookie! It’s a tough choice between the books, but I think I’d like the cookie book more. Thanks for the great recipes!
Cupcakes, please!!
These look oh so yummy. Maybe they’d be good w/ cream cheese icing?
I really love your site….you’re extremely creative. Keep up the great work.
If I had to choose it’d be the cookie book because I JUST bought the cupcake one the other day at Costco. :)
Both books look so amazing but I think I’d have to go with the cookie book!
Cupcakes!! :)
I would like the cupcake cookbook. I LOVE CUPCAKES. Portable, easy to eat, no dishes afterwards…. what is not to love.
They both look amazing. I’d love either, but I think I’d opt first for the cupcake book. Love your site!
Cookies or Cupcakes? That’s like asking me to choose my favorite child! In a pinch I think I’d have to choose cookes, but don’t tell cupcakes, okay?
This would be absolute Weight-Watchers sabotage, but oh, those pictures are pretty!
I love this combination! How adorable & creative.
I’d love to enter for a copy of the CUPCAKE book :D
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I would like to win the cookie cookbook from Martha Stewart. Thank you so much!
I’ve heard that the cupcake book is awesome!! So I would really like that, but really I would like to have either one :) I love your site…i always look forward to what you’re going to do next.
It’s a tough choice… but I’ll go with Cupcakes! :)
I think it is a great idea to combine similar tastes and textures!! Two treats in one!!! I would love to have the CUPCAKE BOOK, since I have truly enjoyed Martha’s Cookie Book. Thanks!!!
I would love love love love the cupcake book! I love martha stewart!
CUPCAKES !!! definitely my choice. I love the cupcake pedestals and I have already envisioned a dozen other uses for these little cuties.
OOOOHHH Cupcakes!….I think…although I’d be happy to win either!
I love the cupcake book, so I am sure the cookie book would be a perfect addition to my library. Thank you!
Easy winner in the cupcakes vs. cookies debate = cupcakes! :)
Oh goodness, I can’t decide! Ummm… probably the cookies, since I make those more often. But I love cupcakes too, so it’s hard to decide…. I think I’ll go with cookies though :D
Ohhh man. Cookies please!
Anything Martha Stewart is a must :)
Cookies!
I just love your site. I found it a couple of weeks ago and I have not stopped looking at it since. I would love to win the cupcake book, I have been having so much fun using some of your cupcake ideas lately.
Thanks!
cookie Book! :)
For me, it would have to be Cookies. I like cake, but it can never compare to a chewy cookie with crisp edges – no frosting needed!
CUPCAKES, wait, no COOKIES! I’d rather eat cookies and bake cupcakes, how’s that for an answer? I’d also rather have a book about CUPCAKES… especially Martha’s!
ps. Snickerdoodle cupcakes = brilliant idea!
Cookies!
I would love to have the cupcake book! My children and I make cupcakes for every birthday and holiday and I am alway looking for new ideas!
I love both, but I’d have to go with the cupcake book.
I’d love to get the cookie cookbook.
I NEED the cupcake book!
Oh…the cupcakes!
Definitely the CUPCAKE book!!! Bakerella, you’ve inspired me to new cupcake heights!
They’d both be fun, but I think I’d have to pick the cookie one this time. Thanks for the chance!
I would love to get the cupcake book! :)
I’d go with the cookie book.
As much as I adore cookies to pieces, I think I’d have to go with the cupcake book- I’ve been assigned to make a wedding cake for my cousin next year, and I’m thinking cupcakes on the side! :)
Mmmmm, snickerdoodles……
-Mary
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It would have to be the cupcake book – no, wait, the cookie book – no, wait, the cupcake book – honestly either would be great to have but I am leaning more twoard the cupcake cookbook (quick, hit submit before I change my mind again! ha). Thanks for doing this and all the great recipes/ideas you have given us!
Yum… Tough call. But, I have to go with cookies. Warm gooey cookies with a cold glass of milk. What more can you ask for?
COOKIES!!!! Nom… Nom… Nom.. Nom… Nom…
Cookies, please!
I would like Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes!
I would love the cupcakes book. then I can combine it with your pops and be in party heaven!
Cookie book for sure. :)
By the way, I’ve been following your blog for a while now, and I must say.. your blog, and the drool-invokingphotos and delicious recipes it entails, is to die for! I hope my baking/food blog can become as popular as yours one day!
That’s a tough one! I would love to have either one but if I was forced to choose I would probably take the cupcake book!
The cupcake book!
I felt the same way about snickerdoodle. They don’t have chocolate in them, how could they possibly be good??? But I made some snickerdoodle cupcakes and I was SOLD.
Hard choice!! I would have to go with cupcakes though.
I have the cupcake book, so I’d like to have the matching set :). Cookie book, please!
the cupcake book please!
oooooh.. I want the cookie cookbook. No wait the cupcake book.. No wait ….
The cookie book please!!!
wow- they look and sound delicious! I would love to win the cookie book!
I’d really like to have the cookie book. I’ve always been more of a cookie girl.
I made snicker doodles for the first time last week too! How can I choose between cookies or cupcakes- I love both, but I think I would use the cookie book more often. Love, love, love the pedestals!!!
Oh…I can’t decide…I want both! HA! :) If I REALLY had to choose, I think I’d go with the cookie book! THANKS!
this is such a hard decision…..cupcakes!
Cookies!
I would love the cookie cook book.
I would love the Cookie book cuz love crazy cute cookies more than crazy cute cupcakes – they are pretty happy with plain old cupcakes with tons of frosting! Cute new website and cute mini-everything ;)
I’ve always enjoyed M.S.’s recipes. I’ve never made Snickerdoodles before, but I’m going to try the recipe now! I look forward to the chance to win Martha Stewarts Cookie Cookbook!
Hard choice.. but I think I will have to go with Cupcakes!
My Mom & I found your website recently – love it – snickerdoodles are an old childhood favorite —- good memories – Thank yoU!
I would LOVE the CUPCAKE book please………
Thanks for the fun recipes!
The Cookie book please! I’m always looking for lunchbox desserts and cupcakes simply don’t pack well, even with the tupperware individual cupcake-holder thingie.
Hard decision! I think I’ll go with the cupcake book! I can’t wait to make these snickerdoodles at home, my fav!
What a tough choice…
but since I tend to make more cookies, I choose COOKIES. I love cupcakes, but they are more time consuming…
:) Now I really want to make snickerdoodles!
i would die if i got that cookie book :D thanks so much for your awesome giveaway
Cookies! Cookies! Cookies!
What cute cupcakes! My mother-in-law is known for her snickerdoodle cookies by all of our friends and family. As soon as she sees what you made, she’s going to fall in love with them. For our wedding she made snickerdoodle cookies in place of a grooms cake and put them in cute little green bags. After my husband and I cut the cake, there was an akward phase of…ok, now what do we do…. To my surprise, my husband started tossing out the bags of cookies to everyone! People were diving for them and we have tons of great pictures to remember this forever!
I would love the cupcake book!!!!
I would pick the cookie book! I love different cookies and there is a picture of one on the cover that I want to eat right now! YUM!
I’m a cookie girl!
I would LOVE the cupcake book!
That’s a difficult one! Hmmm…I guess I’ll go with cookies!
Looks scrumptious! I too have major issues when deciding on a treat to bake. While I love cookies/cupcakes equally, I’d have to say the cookie book would be the one I’d pick.
I would love to win the Martha Stewart Cupcakes book. Thanks for the giveaway!!
That looks so yummy!
Hi,
This is Brittany again. I left a comment a couple minutes ago, and accidentally put my e-mail as my website. So I’m just fixing it….I know, I’m a nerd ;0)
I’ve always struggled to make good cookies AND/OR cupcakes. I always wish my cookies were more dense and moist, and my cupcakes were more moist and yes, dense. I like dense, heavy, moist things…not light, airy, dry things. I do have a cookie cookbook..not this one…but I do have one, but I do NOT have a cupcake cookbook! So that’s my wish/pick…
The cupcake cookbook for me, please~:)
CUPPYCAKES!!!!!! Those look SO yummy!
I would love to have the cupcake book. My daughters and I love to bake together and this would be a new adventure for us!
Umm.. both? but I would really love the cookie book. yummy cookies!
CUPCAKES! I just LOVE that book! I keep seeing it in stores and I keep NOT buying it, and now I know why! Because I’m supposed to WIN it! LOVE the new website, by the way :)
I would love to make COOKIES the way Martha does!
Ah, tough choice! But I’m going to have to go with the cupcake book on this one! :)
Definitely cupcakes! Love making them and they’re oh so yummy :)
I ADORE snickerdoodle cookies…..I must try the cupcakes w/ the cookies on top! I’d love to have the cookie book :)
I would love the cupcake one!
Hi,
My sister in-law introduced me to your web-site a few days ago, because I’ve been taking cake decorating classes, and baking is becoming a new hobby of mine. I LOVE your web-site! You totally inspire me! Every time I look at it (several times a day;), I want to get in the kitchen, and bake up something fabulous!
I would LOVE to win the Maratha Stewart cupcake book!
Thanks…for everything!
Brittany
Do I really have to chose one?? I will say cupcakes, but only because I must make a choice. I would love either one! Yum!!
I would definitely go for the cupcake book! How can you not resist?
I’d LOVE LOVE LOVE to have my own copy of the cupcake book! My kids would love it even more because they’d benefit! :)
Oh my goodness… the… CUPCAKE, pleeeeease :)
Martha Stewart’s Cupcake book please =)
Hands down the cupcake book! There are so many different flavors and ways to dress up a cupcake! <33
I would love the cookie book. My kids and myself are obessed with cookies and am always looking for more ideas.
Cookie book, pretty please!
cookies please!!! mmm mmmm good!
I have the cupcake book and made the tiramisu cupcakes. They are amazing. Would love to have the cookie book! By the way I love your blog!
Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! HA-ha Can you guess which one? Cupcakes please with a cherry on top!
Yes, of course I want one!! If I have to choose (because choosing between cookies and cupcakes is not a choice I like making, both please??) I’d have to go with Martha Stewart Cookies. There’s no way I’d be able to make the cupcakes look like her photos!
Definitely cupcakes…yummy! ( To be completely honest, I already have the cookies book and it is a wonderful book!)
I would LOVE the cupcake book. While I love both cuppycakes and cookies, I’ve got a million cookie books already. Cupcakes ahoy!
I would love the cookie book! I enjoy decorating cupcakes, but need some practice on the cookies!
Cookies. Yum!
Cookies AND cupcakes– why choose? They’re all good! If I win either book, I’d be a happy baker! Thanks for your great site. I’m always inspired by your site!
Oh wow, these are adorable!
I’d love the cupcake cookbook!
Oooo what a hard decision. I love both those books. I think that I would use the cookie cookbook more than the cupcake one, even though the cupcake book is freaking cute! Thanks for the chance!
p.s. your new blog design is suuuuper cute!
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I would love the cupcake book – I have a two year old and a four year old, so I have years of cupcakes ahead of me.
You are going to make me choose between cookies and cupcakes. Hmm…I think I will have to go with cupcakes. They are always fun to decorate for parties. I will have to send you a picture of the puppy cupcakes my friend and I made one time.
So cute! I’d love the cupcake book!
I would LOVE the cookie book. I have the cupcake book and I love that one.
Oh, they both look awesome but I think I’ll have to go with the cupcakes!!
I would love the cupcake book.
The cupcake book! I have grown away from cookies, as the repetitive baking sometimes gets too boring for me.
I love, love snickerdoodles and my boys do, too. I have the cookie book and use it regularly. So would love the cupcake book. Cute, cute cupcake pedestals!
What lovely cupcake cookie creations! I have the cupcake book, so I would definitely love the cookie book to keep it company!
I would absolutely LOVE the cupcake book!! Cupcakes are simply heavenly…..
You are right, how can you choose? Cookies or Cupcakes?
Twist my arm and I’ll go with the cookies!! With three little boys, my cookie jar always needs to be filled.
I would LOVE the cookie book!! They all look delish!!
Cupcake of course!
Those look so cute!! I want the cupcake book! :o) I need new ideas! Please! :o)
Mmmmm I am a BIG fan of cinnamon so these look YUMMY! The cookie book looks like something I need, so I think you should pick me :)
I would love the cupcake cookbook. I just did my first batch of homemade cupcakes for my son’s first birthday and they were a hit! I would love to make some more so I can use my cupcake pedestal.
I’d LOVE the cookie cookbook!! :) I love your blog, by the way.
I’ve had a lifelong passion for baking, so when I stumbled across your website last year, I was thrilled! All of your creations are just mouth watering, and so creative. Keep up the great work. I’d love either of the cookbooks, but would choose the Cookies!!
I would love to have either one of the cookbooks! I am trying to build my collection and try some new recipes!
Unfortunately my family isn’t big on cupcakes so cookies for me!
Cookies and cupcakes together, how decadent! I have Martha’s cookie book and adore the chocolate chip cookie recipe in it.
Would love to have the cupcake book! Thanks for all your wonderful ideas. My husband LOVES the red velvet cake balls.
Lisa
I absolutely love homemade snickerdoodles. Those look great!
PPPlease…… I realy, realy want Martha Stewart’s Cookies, and I realy, realy-realy want it!
I tried to get the book but I can`t!
Your site is so delightful and inspiring!! Thank you for sharing…the cookie book would be a super addition to my resources ! Snickerdoodles are one of my favorites, yes, considering it doesn’t have chocolate!! Aloha!!
I would love to have the cookies book. Making cookies at every holiday is a family tradition and I would love to have some new inspiration!
P.S My kids love to see what you have new each week, we are getting ready to make the mini pumpkin pie bites! Thank you!
Hmmmm…. tough choice! I’d probably have to say cookie, but my daughter would say cupcake. Her 4th birthday is tomorrow and she has asked if I could make her a bunch of pink cupcakes for her birthday. Why yes, I think I can! So that’s what we’ll be making tomorrow. But I still think cookies are my favorite!
Thank you so much, Bakerella, for your wonderful ideas and recipes! Your give-a-ways are the best, too! I would love, love, love the MS Cookie Cookbook!
cookie or cupcake.. still delish.. lol.
What a hard choice! I think I would have to go for the cupcake book. Thanks!!
Morgan
I love, love, LOVE the cookie book and I have wanted the cupcake book ever since it came out. Your combo of the two looks devine, yum!
I want the cupcake book!!! You can never have enough!
Cookies. Definetly cookies.
Wow – what a hard decision!! But I guess I have to choose the cookie book. Those on the bottom with the chocolate on top look delicious!!
I would love the cookie book :D
p.s. those cupcakes look delicious!
I think the cookie book (tough choice though) because I make cookies for the college students we work with each week, but have been in love with cupcakes since going to cupcake shops. Still, if I win (please, please, please) the cookie book!
Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes for sure. I love different ways to make/decorate cupcakes.
I want the cookie book because as of this year I bought my 1st house and got married. I have always wanted to cook and bake but never had a space of my own. Now that I have my very own kitchen i spend my evenings cooking and baking as many new things as I can. I also found out my nephew loves cooking so we spent all weekend baking chocolate chip cookies, and they were a Martha Stewart reciepe.
this is like sophie’s choice… but i think… cookies :)