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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I just made these, and told myself that I was going to wait until my lunch to try one..Well, i’m about to start working on my second. They are so good!!!!
I’m so excited you already tried them! 🙂
These sounds delish!! I may try them out with some gf-flour and get back to you.
As for that “pillow fight,” I’ll participate if someone else cleans up the mess haha!
Thanks for another delish looking recipe!
Haha, I’ve never had a real food fight either. The closest I’ve gotten was in elementary school when we’d flick our peas at each other with our forks…
These look perfect Katie! I love Snickerdoodles but I’m the only one in my family that does.
I don’t count calories or anything but it always amazes when I actually take a look at the calories of a cookie….it’s usually quite high.
Ohh delicious! Love how you call them skinny!
I made snickerdoodles last night with these new cinnamon m&ms. I never was a huge snickerdoodle fan because like you, I missed the chocolate!
Ohh these look delicious!! I will be making these for my brother asap as a little thank you gift! And thanks for the tip about storing cookies- I had no idea! I’ve never had a food fight either but I think it’s one of those things that in theory is fun until someone gets food in their eye haha I think I’m too practical for it.
These look great! Did you portion them out by the tablespoon? Just trying to get an idea of how much cookie dough to use for each one. 🙂
I used a little melon baller thing :).
Oh my gosh, Katie, you are a genius! These cookies look like they came from heaven!
I would love a cookie pillow fight, or a chocolate gooey brownie fight, because you can eat the ammo! haha! Your filled cookies would be fun to use in a pillow fight; if the “pillow” broke, filling would go everywhere! What a blissfull mess!!!
I am making your beautiful cookies today! Thanks for sharing Katie.
Wow Julie, I am so honored! I hope you like them. I’m a huge fan of yours! 🙂