These healthy snickerdoodle cookies are so soft they could be pillows.
Snickerdoodle cookie pillows.
And then we could have a snickerdoodle pillow fight, with sugary cookie dough flying in every direction. Mmm yes, a snickerdoodle pillow fight. How yummy would that be?!
Sweet and buttery pillow cookies…
I promise the snickerdoodles do not taste healthy. But don’t take my word for it; try them for yourself. My friends couldn’t get enough of these!
Skinny Snickerdoodles
- 3/4 cup ww pastry flour or white flour (See below for notes on a gluten-free option)
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt (just under level)
- 1/4 tsp cream of tarter (optional)
- 1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup sugar or sucanat or evaporated cane juice (xylitol might work, but I haven’t tried)
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons milk of choice
- 1/4 cup “butter” of choice, such as Earth Balance (I haven’t tried a lower-fat butter sub in this recipe, so I don’t know if that would work.)
Preheat oven to 330 F. Combine dry ingredients and mix very, very well. In a separate bowl, melt the butter of choice, then stir in vanilla and milk. Pour dry into wet and mix again. Form balls. For true snickerdoodles, roll each ball in a mix of cinnamon and sugar (either equal parts OR two parts sugar to one part cinnamon, depending on how cinnamon-y you want your cookies). If you want soft cookies, you’ll need to get the balls very cold. (So roll the balls, cover in the cinnamon-sugar, then fridge until cold.) Cook for 9-10 minutes. They’ll look way underdone when you take them out, but that’s ok.
I haven’t tried these with a gf mix, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. (Edit: if you read the comments, many commenters have successfully tried different gf versions.) In the meantime…
These are gluten-free: Snickerdoodle Blondies.
As for the vegan snickerdoodles: they will keep at least four days, in a lidded plastic container. (As a general rule, you should store soft cookies in plastic containers and crispy cookies in glass ones.)
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LOL when I was in first grade, I was in the lunch room with all my friends and we were all whispering conspiratorially about starting a food fight. I had the audacity to chuck a little nick of my food across the room, and thank goodness it didn’t hit anyone… and thank goodness a teacher didn’t see! That school was a very strict, old-fashioned one (there was no spanking, but just about everything was outdated. And they had a rule that you had to clean your plate to go to lunchtime recess! I wouldn’t eat red beans for years after that school).
Name the date, time and location for the cookie pillow fight and I’m there.
Love the tip about storing cookies – I had no idea that you should keep crispy cookies in a glass container and soft cookies in a plastic one!
I can’t wait to try this! They look super yummy…and light, fluffy cookies are the best.
And now, I’m going to say something will probably not be understood by most people: I’m not a huge fan of chocolate. There! I said it – I’d much rather have caramel, BUT if chocolate is the only thing available…well then, beggars can’t be choosers! 😉
Thanks for another awesome looking (non chocolate) recipe, Katie!
I’m not a chocolate fan,either!
i would just stand there with my mouth wide open in a cookie fight…
lol me too! Thanks for the awesome recipe Katie!
Yum! I may be trying out a GF option like… today! 🙂
a cookie pillow fight would only be good if it was a good baker – no one wants a hard-as-rock-cookie fight! i might try these w/ some protein powder mixed in!
Oh,Katie,you’re priceless! I am so happy right now because I ADORE snickerdoodles and now,I can try a new recipe and aaaaw thank you so much! 😀
Awesome! I was hoping the cookie of the day would be snickerdoodles. Not only are they a tasty cookie, but the cinnamon and vanilla make the whole kitchen smell sooooo good!
cookie pillow FIgHT? ahahh that is mega lolz- id love it!… bring the cookies on!
I have never had a snickerdoodle before…major confession! Think it must be an American tradition as I have never had them back home in Cayman or up here in Canada, where I live now…but they sure do look delish?