Gluten-free snickerdoodles
Soft, crackly cinnamon-sugar cookies with a buttery tang from cream of tartar, a holiday tin classic to bake together.
- Celiac
- Hashimoto's
- Low-FODMAP
- Toddlers
- High blood pressure
- Gluten-free
- Crohn’s and colitis
- IBS
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free Christmas cookies
- Gluten-free Christmas
- Gluten-free desserts
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Ingredients
- 2.75 cups gluten-free flour blend, a blend with xanthan gum, such as rice and potato starch
- 2 tsp cream of tartar, for the classic tang and crackle
- 1 tsp baking soda, certified gluten-free
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1.5 cups granulated sugar, plus 1/4 cup for rolling
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon, for rolling
- 2 tsp vanilla extract, gluten-free
Method
- Heat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment.
- Beat the butter and 1 1/4 cups of the sugar until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla, then the flour blend, cream of tartar and baking soda.
- Mix the rest of the sugar with the cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Roll dough into balls, coat in cinnamon sugar, space apart.
- Bake until crackled on top and just set at the edges.11 min timer
Why it works
- Celiac disease: Made with a gluten-free flour blend and certified gluten-free baking soda and vanilla.
- Kid (4–12): Cinnamon-sugar coating to roll the dough balls in, and cookies to bake and share.
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