These Gluten-Free Vegan Snickerdoodles are soft and chewy, perfectly sweet and so fragrant. They're super easy to make as they're made using a handful of simple ingredients, are ready in 35 minutes and there's no rolling or floured surfaces required. They're also refined sugar free and perfect for Christmas and make great edible gifts!
How to make this recipe
Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.
- Mix together all the ingredients for the cookie dough in a glass mixing bowl.
- Place the cinnamon and coconut sugar on a plate and mix well.
- Take a small amount of the cookie dough and roll it into a round ball.
- Roll the ball of cookie dough in the cinnamon and sugar mixture until completely coated.
- Use your hands to flatten the ball into a round patty.
- Place on a rectangular baking tray lined with baking paper - make sure to grease the baking paper so that the cookies don't stick.
- Repeat until the rest of the mixture is used up - you should be able to make 15 cookies.
- Then just bake for 15 minutes and they're done!
Tip: Make sure to leave them to cool completely before storing.
How long do these Snickerdoodles keep for?
They keep in an airtight container for a few days.
Substitutions you can make
- You can use any type of plant-based milk: almond milk, rice milk, soy milk, cashew milk, oat milk etc.
- You can replace the coconut oil with coconut butter.
- You can use any type of liquid sweetener: maple syrup, agave syrup, brown rice syrup etc.
- You can replace the gluten-free flour with rice flour.
- If you don't need the cookies to be gluten-free, you can replace the gluten-free flour with plain flour.
- The ground almonds can be replaced with ground walnuts.
- For a nut-free version, use ground sunflower seeds instead of ground almonds.
- You can replace the coconut sugar with brown sugar if you don't need it to be refined sugar free.
More gluten-free vegan cookie recipes
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Blueberry Breakfast Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Chocolate Cookies
- Carrot Cake Cookies
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Watch how to make this recipe
Gluten-Free Vegan Snickerdoodles
Ingredients
- 30 g (⅛ cup) coconut oil (or sub coconut butter)
- 10 tablespoons maple syrup (or sub any other similar sweetener)
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk (or any other plant-based milk)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 150 g (1 ¼ cup) ground almonds (almond meal) *
- 150 g (1 ¼ cup) gluten-free flour blend (or sub rice flour, or plain flour if not gluten-free)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons coconut sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Place the coconut oil in a large bowl and melt over a saucepan of boiling water or in the microwave.
- Add the maple syrup, milk and vanilla and mix well.
- Measure out the ground almonds, gluten-free flour and baking powder and mix well.
- Add to the bowl and mix well.
- Place the cinnamon and coconut sugar on a plate and mix well.
- Take a small amount of the cookie dough and roll it into a round ball.
- Roll the ball of cookie dough in the cinnamon and sugar mixture until completely coated.
- Use your hands to flatten the ball so that you get a round patty.
- Place on a baking tray lined with greased baking paper.
- Repeat until the rest of the mixture is used up - you should be able to make 15 cookies.
- Bake in oven for 15 minutes until golden brown.
- They will be slightly soft when you remove them from the oven - leave to cool completely to let them harden.
- Keep in an airtight container for up to a few days.
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Janet Paula
I love your recipes because you usually state that regular oil can be used instead of coconut oil. In this case, can I substitute melted cocao butter for the coconut oil in this recipe, and in the same amount? My daughter has a terrible aversion to coconut oil. Thank you.
Rhian Williams
Yes cocoa butter should be a good substitute for coconut oil in this recipe. Alternatively, you can use the same amount of almond butter, peanut butter or cashew butter I think! Or you could just use vegetable oil or olive oil. Would love to hear how you get on.
Janet Paula
I just tasted the cooled Snickerdoodles. They came out very tasty. I used almond flour and whole spelt flour (150 grams each) but they were to wet to handle so I added a little bit of almond flour, but still couldn't handle them. I rolled them with 2 tablespoons and that seemed to work, more or less. I also used 1 tablespoon less of maple syrup. I also didn't have to flatten them as they were already at the correct shape.
Do you have any idea what went wrong that made them to soft to handle? I got 21 cookies.
Rhian Williams
Hi, thank you so much for your feedback, I'm glad they turned out well in the end but sorry to hear you had a problem with the mixture being too wet. What did you use as the coconut oil substitute?
angela
Thank you for the substitutions for the oil. Coconut oil is the highest of any in saturated fat. I would consider using it on my face, but that's all. My g'daughter is gluten intolerant so she gets very few nice cookies. She will be thrilled!
Rhian Williams
Aw that's great, thank you so much!
Natalie
I love Snickerdoodles! Look soooo delicious!
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much!
Debbie Mckenzie
My daughter and granddaughter are vegan gluten free, so I'm always on the hunt for treats for them. These turned out so good. I made tiny ones to put in plastic eggs for an Easter egg hunt. This will be a real treat for her.
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much, so glad you liked them. What a cute idea to include these in an Easter egg hunt!
Stephanie Letzring
I love your recipes because they are gf and vegan. I am also oil free so I normally swap out oil with applesauce, pumkpin puree or mushed avocado. In this case I swapped oil for applesauce and they still came out awesome! Thank you so much!
Rhian Williams
Thank you so much so glad you liked them. And thank you for sharing your substitutions, that’s so helpful to know!