Vegan Snickerdoodles

Soft vegan snickerdoodles

You would absolutely never guess these are vegan!

The recipe uses the same basic ingredients as traditional cookies, meaning these soft and chewy snickerdoodles taste exactly like the non vegan version everyone loves.

There are no flax eggs, no specialty flours, and just one bowl to clean!

Egg free snickerdoodle cookies

If you’ve missed snickerdoodle cookies since going vegan, definitely give these buttery snickerdoodles a try.

Or if you are not a vegan, it is still always useful to keep an easy and egg free cookie recipe on hand, for those times where you run out of eggs and do not want to make a special trip to the grocery store.

Serve them for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any time you are craving a fantastic vegan dessert packed with Fall cinnamon sugar flavor.

You know a recipe is good when all of your omnivore friends eat so many, there are barely any cookies left for you!

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To make the plant based snickerdoodles, you need flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, sugar, oil or vegan butter, nondairy milk, pure vanilla extract, and cinnamon.

Flour – My preference here is to use whole grain spelt flour. All purpose white flour and oat flour work too.

For a gluten free option, I have successfully made the recipe with loosely packed Bob’s Red Mill all purpose gluten free flour.

Sugar – Choose either traditional white sugar or unrefined coconut sugar.

Or for sugar free cookies, granulated xylitol is a great swap. I have not tried erythritol and do not recommend stevia because it will change the texture of the cookies.

If you experiment with pure maple syrup or agave, let me know how it goes.

Spices – The cookies are coated in spicy sweet cinnamon. As a fun flavor variation, you can also throw in a pinch of ground ginger or nutmeg.

Unlike many other snickerdoodle recipes, this one needs no cream of tartar because baking soda adds the perfect amount of chewiness on its own.

Oil – I love using coconut oil because it gives a slight coconutty taste. If you want to avoid this, use your favorite plant based butter instead.

Dairy free milk – Go with whatever milk you have on hand. Almond milk, soy milk, oat milk, or coconut milk all work well.

No milk in your refrigerator? Simply use an equal amount of water in place of the milk.

Vegan pumpkin snickerdoodles

If you want to do a pumpkin flavored version of the vegan snickerdoodles, use one and a half tablespoons of canned pumpkin puree in place of the nondairy milk.

Then replace about a fourth of the cinnamon in the coating with pumpkin pie spice.

Leftover cinnamon? Make Vegan Cinnamon Rolls.

Vegan snickerdoodle recipe video

Above, watch the step by step video.

How to make vegan snickerdoodles

Start by combining all of the dry ingredients (excluding the cinnamon sugar coating) in a large mixing bowl.

Stir well, then add the liquid ingredients to form a cookie dough.

Smush the dough into one giant ball with your hands, or transfer to a Ziploc gallon bag and smush into a ball from inside the bag.

Roll into smaller cookie dough sized balls.

For soft cookies, chill the unbaked balls in the fridge until cool to the touch or overnight. Or for crunchy cookies, you may skip this step.

(The dough balls can also be frozen to bake another day.)

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

Stir the cinnamon and remaining sugar in a medium bowl, then roll the cookie balls in the cinnamon sugar, coating the entire surface.

Place on a cookie baking tray, and bake on the oven’s center rack for eleven minutes. They will look underdone when you remove the tray from the oven.

Let the dairy free snickerdoodles cool at least ten minutes before handling, during which time they will firm up considerably.

Store leftover cookies in a covered container on the counter for up to four days. Or freeze cooled cookies in an airtight container for up to three months.

Vegan Snickerdoodles

These classic vegan snickerdoodles are coated in cinnamon sugar and taste just like a traditional snickerdoodle cookie recipe!