Gluten Free Snickerdoodle Cookies

littergitter
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snickerdoodle Cookies in tin When I saw Holly's recipe for Snickerdoodles, I knew I had to have some gluten free. When I went to Walmart, I expected to be able to pick up a box, but there were none on the shelf. Folks with Celiac disease must have seen Holly's recipe.

The urge kept hitting me. I couldn't get them off my mind. So I searched the internet for a gluten free recipe, and found this one to try. I made some changes in the steps but the ingredients are the same.

This was my first time making gluten free Snickerdoodles. They came out perfect. Just as good as the store bought ones and probably much cheaper. This recipe will be a keeper for me.

This is a crisp cookie and goes well with a glass of milk or cup of coffee. I did the math and figured each cookie is approximately 55 calories. I will have to limit my intake so the freezer will be the best place for me to keep them. Out of sight, out of mind. On the other hand, my husband loves them too so they probably won't make it to the freezer.

Yield: 42 cookies

Ingredients:

½ cup melted butter
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp vanilla
1 large egg
1 ¼ cups plus 2 Tbsp Gluten Free Flour (I use Gluten Free Pillsbury Best)
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
Cookie Coating
3 Tbsp sugar
½ tsp cinnamon

Steps:

In a small bowl, prepare the cinnamon and sugar mixture for coating, and set aside.

Melt a stick of butter in the microwave.

In a medium mixing bowl, combine sugar, melted butter, vanilla and egg. Mix well until creamy.

Sift flour before measuring.
In a small mixing bowl combine flour, cream of tartar, salt and baking soda. Whisk or sift together.

Add flour mixture to other ingredients and stir until well blended.

The dough will be soft and sticky. Refrigerate for approximately 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Preheat cookie sheet while oven is preheating.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls.

Roll each ball in sugar and cinnamon mixture.

rolling ball of dough in cinnamon sugar coating

Place 2 inches apart on ungreased insulated cookie sheet.

Bake 8-10 minutes until browned.

finished Snickerdoodle Cookies on baking in tintray

Immediately remove from baking sheet with a spatula and place on a cooling rack. When cool store in a cookie tin.

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attosa
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March 23, 20191 found this helpful

They look divine! well done :)

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littergitter
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March 23, 20191 found this helpful

They are divine!! I know I'll gain 5 pounds but I can't keep my hands out of them. I believe they are habit forming.

Between my husband and myself, we have just about eaten all of them. I'll be making some more.

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Holly

March 28, 20191 found this helpful

Awesome, I'm so glad for you! My sister also can't tolerate gluten. It is good that creative people like you are coming up with great recipes. :)

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littergitter
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March 28, 20190 found this helpful

That's great. She will love them. Have you ever tried eating a couple with peanut butter in between? I'm so glad you inspired me to look for a gluten free recipe.

I have made another batch and shared some with our neighbor.

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Holly

March 29, 20191 found this helpful

No, I will have to try that. I think I've tired them with soft vanilla ice cream. Tastes pretty good!

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littergitter
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March 29, 20190 found this helpful

I'm going to experiment using the basic ingredients in this recipe and see if I can come up with some ginger snaps. That's another cookie I love.

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littergitter
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April 29, 20190 found this helpful

I have made another batch of GF Snickerdoodle cookies. This time, when I got down to the last bit of sugar and cinnamon, I put 4 of balls of dough, at the time, in a little plastic container with a lid and rolled them around until they were coated well which took just a few seconds. Next time, I'm going to try doing all of them like this instead of rolling them one by one in the sugar and cinnamon.

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