Low Sugar Dairy Free Snickerdoodles

Total time1 hr 9 min

Prep time15 min

Cook time24 min

These cookies start with a simple dough built on all-purpose flour, dairy free butter, eggs, and vanilla, whipped together until it's pale and fluffy before chilling to that perfect scoopable texture. Cream of tartar gives the dough its signature soft, slightly tangy chew, while a quick roll in warm ground cinnamon coats every ball in that classic snickerdoodle crackle before it hits the oven. Baking them just until the edges set and the centers stay soft is the trick to that irresistible, pillowy middle once they cool. Each cookie comes out with crisp, sugar-dusted-looking edges and a tender, cinnamon-scented bite that tastes like the bakery version you remember. This is a genuinely solid pick if you're keeping an eye on added sugar, since the batch delivers all that cozy cinnamon flavor and satisfying texture without leaning on it. Pull a batch together for movie night or a lunchbox treat — they cool fast and disappear even faster.

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Ingredients

24 servings

For the dough

2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
King Arthur Baking Company Unbleached All-Purpose Flour Gold Medal Flour All-Purpose Unbleached - 5 Lb Bob's Red Mill Organic All Purpose Unbleached White Flour - 5 Lb Bob's Red Mill All Purpose Unbleached White Flour - 5 Lb Pillsbury Best Flour All Purpose - 5 Lb
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2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) dairy free butter, softened
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
Chef's tip
Use the same volume. Baking behavior varies by blend: some brown faster or stay softer, while others brown less. Follow the package's baking guidance and start checking a few minutes early.
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract

For the cinnamon sugar

3 tbsp granulated sugar
Chef's tip
Use the same volume. Baking behavior varies by blend: some brown faster or stay softer, while others brown less. Follow the package's baking guidance and start checking a few minutes early.
1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

1
Whisk together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl until evenly combined. Set aside.
2
Beat the softened dairy free butter and 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar in a stand mixer (or with a hand mixer) on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

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