Recipe: Snickerdoodle Smoothies

Snickerdoodle Smoothies

Happy & Healthy Cooking,

Fun-Da-Mentals Kitchen Skills

• blend :

  to stir together two or more ingredients until just combined; blending is a gentler process than mixing.

• chop :

  to cut something into small, rough pieces using a blade.

• knife skills :

  Bear Claw (growl), Pinch, Plank, and Bridge (look out for trolls) and Rock and Saw.

What are Snickerdoodles?

• A Snickerdoodle is a delicious cookie made with butter or oil, eggs, sugar, salt, cream of tartar, baking soda, and flour, rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking. 
• The signature flavor and the perfect chewiness of snickerdoodles are attributed to the cream of tartar. These characteristics are due to the chemical makeup of the cream of tartar, which prevents the cookies from developing a sugar-crystal-induced crunch that sugar cookies have, giving them a soft and pillowy texture.
• The Joy of Cooking claims that the name "snickerdoodle" is probably German in origin, being a corruption of the German word "schneckennudeln," which is a German cinnamon roll (the word literally means snail noodles!). 
• Some believe the name comes from a series of tall tales around a hero named Snickerdoodle from the early 1900s. However, it is also possible that it is simply a nonsense word with no particular meaning, originating from a New England tradition of whimsical cookie names!

Let's Learn About New England!

• The New England region is in the Northeastern United States. It includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Atlantic Ocean borders New England on the east. 
• Indigenous peoples who spoke variations of the Algonquian language were the first to inhabit the region. John Smith, the English explorer, named the region "New England" in 1616. The area was colonized by people, especially Puritans, coming from England in ships, like the Mayflower, beginning in 1620. These early settlements were called the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies. 
• Southern New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island) has more people than northern New England (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont).
• Massachusetts has the largest population in New England, and Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is the largest city and metropolis. Vermont is the least populated.
• There are several distinct accents and dialects, especially the Boston accent. It may have come from certain British English accents that dropped a final "R" in a word and had a broad "A" sound.
• The New England states are popular with tourists who take autumn "leaf peeping" drives to view the vibrant colors of the the abundant foliage.
• Candlepin bowling is a popular pastime in New England. The pins are tall, thin, and shaped like a candle, and the bowling balls are small, at 4.5 inches in diameter. The bowling balls are also lighter than the candlepins, different from ten-pin bowling.
• New England culture and cuisine have been influenced by the indigenous Algonquian-speaking peoples, the Acadians, an ethnic group of French descendants, and the early Puritans. Later immigrants, including those from Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Quebec, have also had an impact. 
• Many early colonists were involved with maritime activities, such as fishing and whaling, and seafood significantly contributed to the culture, cuisine, and economy. 
• New Englanders have a few different names for familiar foods. For example, they may call sub sandwiches "grinders" and milkshakes "frappes."
• Some of the regional food favorites are baked beans (like Boston baked beans), New England clam chowder, cranberries, hasty or Indian pudding (made with cornmeal), lobster rolls, Parker House rolls (bread rolls invented at Boston's Parker House Hotel), and New England boiled dinner (corned beef with cabbage and other root vegetables).