Cookbook talk:Snickerdoodles IV

This is just a recipe, which wikipedia purports not to be for!!
 * You're right about this article as it stands. I believe it has potential for expansion into an encyclopedia article (as soon as I can find some references), but in its current state there's not much to it. I would just ignore it as harmless until it is expanded, but if you really think it should be deleted you can nominate it at WP:VFD. -Aranel (" Sarah ") 12:55, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

why would an encylopedia article for a "major" cookie like the snickerdoodle not include a recipe? Wouldn't that be like an article on water that forgot to mention H2O? While wikipedia doesn't want to get filled up with silly recipes, a recipe serving as a definition of an important cultural icon should be acceptable.

contradiction?
How do we know it's a "creation of nineteenth century New England," if the article then goes on to say that "An interesting side of the snickerdoodle’s history is that the recipe for the cookies cannot be found in any 18th-19th century American cookbook." Joyous | Talk 02:24, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

The recipe will be removed
Per Wp:not point 4, recipes are not appropriate for a wikipedia article. The recipe will be transwikied to wikibooks cookbook, at which point it will be removed from this article. --Xyzzyplugh 14:29, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey all you Snickerdoodle fans
Ya'll should just shut shuttin up whilst talkin' bout the infamous Snicky McDoodle McCookie

Comment
If you attempt to use this recipe (Recipe 2) all you will make is a huge mess in your oven. Butter and flour are in wrong proportions.

Unit conversion
I made the first recipe, and while it tastes fine, the dough was the consistency of wet sand, which tipped me off that there might have been too much flour. After looking at the recipe, I changed it so the gram measurements made more sense (flour and sugar should not be the same density). I used an online converter (https://convertunits.online/food-conversion/flour/flour-cups-to-grams/), but I'll probably also measure it out next time I make it just to confirm. The ounce measurements also seem inconsistent, but I'm not well-versed enough in baking to know how those should be read.

Split into separate pages
I came to this page this morning to make snickerdoodles, and I found it almost unreadable. I counted at least 5 different recipes, without much rhyme or reason why I'd use one or the other.

I broke it up into 5 articles, with alternatives like "use honey instead" left as comments on the recipe they were closest to.

I'm going to try making the main recipe and see if it's OK. It may make sense to just delete the alternatives; this isn't a particularly complicated food that needs a lot of variants. --EvanProdromou (discuss • contribs) 17:00, 2 December 2021 (UTC)


 * I couldn't do it. The proportions seem nuts, and there are complaints about the recipe above. I'm going to try alternative 1, and if it works OK, I'll move it to main recipe. --EvanProdromou (discuss • contribs) 17:38, 2 December 2021 (UTC)


 * After two trials, I was able to get one of the recipes to work and make snickerdoodles that my family liked, so I used it on the main article here. I moved the vinegar one to its own alternative article. --EvanProdromou (discuss • contribs) 23:46, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

Make disambiguation page?
Given that there are several different snickerdoodle recipes in the cookbook, I think it would make sense to reserve Cookbook:Snickerdoodles as a disambiguation page with links to various snickerdoodle recipes, per the naming policy. I suggest moving this recipe to a new title without a redirect, and then making Cookbook:Snickerdoodles a disambiguation. See Cookbook:Chocolate Chip Cookies as an example of this. Thoughts? -- Nostriker (discuss • contribs) 23:43, 20 January 2022 (UTC)