Who doesn’t love snickerdoodles? These soft and chewy cookies loaded with fragrant cinnamon are literally a warm fuzzy for your tastebuds. And bonus – they are fully capable of winning you extra points with Santa himself. My vegan version has all of the amazing flavor and texture of these classic holiday cookies, but without the dairy and eggs. And it’s a simple, easy recipe you can pull together in minutes – even faster if you have little helpers around to ball up the cookies and roll them in cinnamon sugar. I tried a few versions of these cookies to come up with the perfect recipe for you. I tried them with with a good amount of applesauce, a small amount of it, and without any applesauce. All three gave me different results, all delicious but with different textures and slightly different flavors. But my perfect recipe fell somewhere in the middle.
Making perfect vegan snickerdoodles
This is a cookie meant to be soft and chewy – not crispy and crackly. And whether you get that texture or not is going to depend on both the ingredients you put into it and how long you bake your cookies. To make the perfect snickerdoodles, I tried this recipe several times, once with ¼ cup of applesauce, another time with 2 tablespoon of applesauce and a third time with no applesauce at all. My favorite version – and the one I’m sharing with you – was the one with 2 tablespoon applesauce. The version with 4 tablespoon of applesauce spread a little too much, making the cookies thin, although they were still delicious. The version with no applesauce was tasty and had great texture but probably could use a little more softness. You will need cream of tartar for the snickerdoodles, for that characteristic flavor and to help make them chewy. Cookie recipes rarely use eggs, but snickerdoodles are an exception. Here, the eggs help enhance the texture and flavor of the cookies. We won’t use eggs, of course, but applesauce works just as well. A snickerdoodle needs cinnamon – lots of it. Before you bake the cookie, you’ll roll it generously in a cinnamon-sugar mixture. Make sure you coat each cookie thoroughly for the best flavor. To make your snickerdoodles festive for the holidays, add some food color to the cinnamon sugar. You can make these in all colors and Santa will be thrilled!
Ingredients for vegan snickerdoodles:
All purpose flour Baking soda Cream of tartar Salt Sugar Vegan butter Apple cider vinegar Pure vanilla extract (optional – I like it in here) Sugar Applesauce Cinnamon
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