Sugar Cream Pie Cookies | a cookie inspired by the famous Indiana Hoosier pie

I have lived in Indiana for over 6 years now and while I still don't fully know where the term "Hoosier" originally came from, I have learned to love the down home midwest cooking styles I often find in Indiana.  Indiana grows a lot of corn and soybeans and once you get out of the city and suburbs, Indiana is covered in farms.  Which is oh-so-pretty.  Indiana is known for its' breaded pork tenderloin sandwich and its' Sugar Cream Pie.  Yum!  This custard-like pie is made with delicious ingredients including plenty of cream, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg (some recipes use only cinnamon or nutmeg, some use both...it really depends on where you get it.).  How can you go wrong with those ingredients?!  So I thought it would be fun to turn this pie into cookie form!  I was inspired to start with a snickerdoodle-type cookie but tweak it a bit to change the flavor to be a bit more reflective of a sugar cream pie.  So today I am really excited to share my recipe for Sugar Cream Pie Cookies with you!  Yum yum yum!

These cookies are chewy and oh-so-delicious.  The nutmeg and cinnamon make these cookies taste amazing!  They are a perfect fall cookie and also a delicious cookie inspired by the Hoosiers famous sugar cream pie.

Sugar Cream Pie Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Salted Butter, room temperature
• 1 cup Granulated Sugar
• ½ cup Light Brown Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 2 ¾ cups Bob's Red Mill Organic Unbleached All Purpose White Flour
• 2 teaspoons Cream of Tarter
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• ¼ teaspoon Salt
• 4 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
• 1 ½ teaspoons Ground Nutmeg

Directions:

1. Cream the butter, 1 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar together.
2. Add eggs and vanilla and continue to beat until smooth and fluffy.
3. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cream of tarter, baking soda and salt.
4. Slowly add dry mixture to wet mixture and blend until combined.
5.  In a small bowl combine 4 Tablespoons granulated sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
6. Roll dough into balls and then roll in the sugar / cinnamon / nutmeg  mixture.
7. Place dough onto cookie sheets and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour to chill.
8. Preheat oven to 400 degrees farenheit.
9. Bake cookies for approximatly 8 minutes until they are slightly brown around the edges.

Bob's Red Mill Organic Unbleached All Purpose White Flour is perfect to use for this recipe because it is the same high quality protein flour used by professional bakers and helps you achieve well-textured baked goods.  It is a versitile flour that it is great to use for all of your baking needs.

I am so thrilled to be joining up with 49 other bloggers this week to share yummy and delicious cookies inspired by every state!  50 states, 50 bloggers, 50 cookies each inspired by something that makes the state they live in unique.  You can see all 50 cookies on the United States of Cookies website.  And before you embark on making all 50 of these yummy cookies, be sure to snag a coupon for Bob's Red Mill flours.

Be sure to snag my printable recipe below.

 

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

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