My Gluten Free Snickerdoodles made with low carb almond flour and antioxidant-rich cinnamon are a super healthy cookie.
Gluten Free Snickerdoodles
While Gluten Free Snickerdoodles are great for the holidays, we love making them all year long.
Why? Because the healthy low carb ingredients in this recipe won’t spike your blood sugar.
Snickerdoodles are Gluten Free?
Better yet? These cookies are so good you won’t ever know they’re gluten free.
Cookie Recipes with Cinnamon
On top of that, cinnamon is a fantastic blood sugar stabilizer.
This makes Gluten Free Snickerdoodles perfect if you’re following a Low Carb Diet to control your glucose levels.
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Looking for more cinnamon desserts? Check out my Cinnamon Coffee Cake.
For now though, here’s my Gluten Free Snickerdoodles recipe!
Gluten Free Snickerdoodles
Ingredients
- 2 cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ⅛ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup palm shortening
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ½ cup coconut sugar for dipping
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon for dipping
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine almond flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon
- Pulse in shortening and honey
- Scoop 1 tablespoon of dough, and roll into a ball
- Briefly dip ball in a small bowl of water
- Roll wet ball in coconut sugar and cinnamon to coat
- Place ball on a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Flatten ball with palm of your hand
- Bake at 350°F for 7-9 minutes
- Cool and serve
Easy Snickerdoodles Recipe
This easy snickerdoodles recipe is made with only eight healthy ingredients.
What are Snickerdoodles?
Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about this classic cookie:
A snickerdoodle is a type of cookie made with butter or oil, sugar, and flour rolled in cinnamon sugar. Snickerdoodles are characterized by a cracked surface and can be crisp or soft depending on preference.
Vegan Snickerdoodles Recipe
My Gluten Free Snickerdoodles are dairy-free and made without butter, wheat flour, and eggs.
If you would like to make vegan snickerdoodles, use agave instead of honey in this easy recipe.
Snickerdoodles Recipe without Cream of Tartar
Many of you may not have cream of tartar in your pantry. Not a problem! My Snickerdoodles don’t contain cream of tartar.
Eggless Cookie Recipes
Like ninety-nine percent of my cookie recipes, my Snickerdoodles are eggless.
Doesn’t matter whether you follow an Egg Free Diet, or simply like to snack on raw cookie dough, you’re safe with my cookie recipes that don’t contain eggs.
Cookie Recipes for Dairy Free Diet
You can also add dairy free to the list of what these Snickerdoodles offer.
Cookie Recipes with Almond Flour
The below cookie recipes are all made with almond flour and are family favorites
They’re perfect for the holidays but just as good for every day!
Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe with Almond Flour
My Peanut Butter Cookies with Almond Flour are made with seven simple ingredients.
All you need to make them is almond flour, peanut butter, honey, shortening, vanilla, salt, and baking soda. They’re a staple in our home.
Pecan Shortbread Recipe
Looking for a cookie with pecans? Look no further than my fan favorite Pecan Shortbread Cookies.
These melt in your mouth cookies are made with seven ingredients total, including the salt and baking soda.
The almond flour base keeps this dessert low carb.
They’re the perfect holiday cookies, but so good we make ’em all year round.
Mexican Wedding Cookies Recipe
Mexican Wedding Cookies have been one of my favorite desserts for as long as I can remember.
They’re also known as:
- Italian Wedding Cookies
- Russian Tea Cookies
- Spanish Butterballs
- Snowballs
This cookie is so incredible it can be enjoyed at every celebration –but did you know they’re one of the most common Christmas cookies?
This is another healthy cookie made with an almond flour base that my boys loved growing up!
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
These are my husband’s favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies. With seven healthy ingredients they could not be easier to make.
Enjoy them plain or go decadent with some Vegan Ice Cream stuffed between two cookies for a healthy Ice Cream Sandwich.
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies Recipe
Love Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies, but not all the sugar in the raspberry jam? My version uses an incredible fruit sweetened jam.
I searched for this amazing product when the boys were little so they could have jam that was not a sugar bomb!
Healthy Cookie Recipes
Not only are all of the cookie recipes on my site healthy, they’re also gluten free!
What’s your favorite cookie recipe? Leave a comment and let me know.
This Snickerdoodles recipe is an oldie but goodie from the archives. I first shared it in 2013.
Amanda says
I finally got around to making these, and they were delishious! I used cream of tarter rather than baking soda, because I agree, without that its just a sugar cookie. My husband loved them, and ate 4 right away.
Elana says
Amanda, I’m so glad that you and your husband loved these cookies!
Andrea DeAngelo says
Any chance you could include the calorie count? Thanks!
Elana says
Andrea, for more on that please go here:
https://elanaspantry.com/nutrition-information/
Have a great day!
Elana
Norman T Carr says
These snickerdoodle cookies did not dissapoint, for an egg-free, (processed) sugar free, grain free treat, I can’t believe people still make these types of cookies the traditional way! Mad kudos, you are truly amazing!
I’ve linked to your blog a few times, mainly because I can’t praise your work enough! Being allergic to egg, and trying to live a paleo lifestyle, traditional baking is not really a possibility. Thank you for all the hard work and time you put into your passion! God Bless!
Elana says
Norman, thanks for your kind words and I’m so glad you are enjoying these cookies!
Lynn says
I wanted to let you know what a blessing this recipe has been. My Mom was diagnosed with brain cancer last January. She doesn’t eat a great deal, but she enjoys eating these cookies with her tea. I’m thrilled that they have protein from the almond flour, but don’t have a lot of suar. She’s even shared them with her naturopathic oncologist. :-) Another blessing, she is currently cancer free!
Elana says
Lynn, your comment made my day. I’m so glad to be on this healing path with you and your mother :-)
ChessiePique says
What are our chances of ever seeing the recipe for eggless macaroons? I would swoon for a vegan macaroon.
Elana says
ChessiePique, here you go!
https://elanaspantry.com/almond-pulp-macaroons/
Enjoy!
Elana
Katie says
This looks great, I’m curious why you left out eggs and butter, both of which are not only paleo friendly but a huge component in paleo cooking and baking. You’re the expert though so I’m sure the recipe is great without them anyways!
Elana says
Katie, I wanted to create cookie that would work for people on grain-free, gluten-free diets, and egg-free, dairy-free diets too :-)
Kristin Stevenson says
We just made snickerdoodles, and they were delish but on the crunchy side. I am going to try coconut oil instead of the shortening, I LOVE a soft gluten free cookie! -Kristin from
Elana says
Thanks Kristin!
Sara @ fitcupcaker says
what could I use in place of vegan shortening for it to remain paleo- coconut butter or oil??
zosia says
just use butter
Tui says
Ok, so I have never actually tasted a snickerdoodle but was really wondering what all the talk is about. I made these tonight and they were amazing!! Reminding me of warm gingerbread crossed with a cinnamon doughnut. Totally yummy, they came out amazing!
My husband just added in that they taste like those caramelized coffee cookies
Elana says
Tui, thanks for letting me know these were amazing!
sarah says
A total hit. Dangerously delish!! Used brown sugar instead of coconut sugar as it’s what i had…
Elana says
Sarah, thanks for letting me know these cookies were a total hit!