SCD Recipe: Grain-free Almond Flour Snickerdoodles

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Almond flour Snickerdoodles are one of the easiest cookies for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ you can make. It’s just a few ingredients that if you follow SCD™ or Paleo diet you likely already have on hand.

How do you make Snickerdoodles with almond flour?

Snickerdoodles are a basic cookie that that is a combination of flour, fat, sweetener, baking soda, and sometimes eggs depending on what ingredients are used and the desired texture of the cookie. The dough is then rolled in cinnamon or some type of cinnamon & sugar mix.

To make with almond flour, I just substituted the same amount of almond flour for regular flour. I used butter, but you could also use palm shortening or ghee as a substitute.

Do you have to use eggs in Snickerdoodles?

There are Snickerdoodle recipes both with and without eggs. Recipes without eggs typically make for a crispier cookie. Because eggs are the easiest binder for SCD™ Snickerdoodles I used them in this recipe. Some Paleo recipes use arrowroot powder, tapioca starch, and/or Xantham gum and cookies can be made without eggs, but those ingredients are not SCD™.

Can you use another nut flour in place of the almond flour?

Yes, you can use any other nut flour in place of the almond flour to make these cookies. Cashew flour works very well as well. You can also use other nut flours like pecan, hazelnut, macadamia or a combination of nut flours.

You can’t substitute coconut flour equally for nut flours. Coconut flour behaves very differently when used for baking and adjustments to other ingredients would have to be made.

What do I need to make Almond Flour Snickerdoodles?

Almond flour
Coconut flour
Vanilla
Eggs
Honey
Cinnamon
Baking Soda
Salt
Butter
Baking sheets
Parchment paper
Mixing bowl
Electric Mixer or stand mixer – but you could also hand whisk and stir

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SCD Recipe: Grain-free Almond Flour Snickerdoodles

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Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Paleo, SCD

Keyword: almond flour cookie, almond flour recipe, paleo baking, scd baking, scd cookies, scd recipe, scd snickerdoodles

Prep Time: 18

Cook Time: 12

Chilling time: 30

Total Time: 1

Servings: cookies

Author: Sherry Lipp

Ingredients

1 ½ cups almond flour
¼ cup coconut flour
½ tso baking soda
⅙ tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
¼ cup butter – softened
⅓ cup honey
1 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs
3 – 4 tsp cinnamon for coating

Instructions

Add almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, salt, and 2 tsp cinnamon to mixing bowl
Stir to combine and set aside
Add softened butter, honey, and vanilla to large mixing bowl or stand mixer bowl
Beat on medium speed until creamy
Beat in eggs
Beat until well combined
Add in half of the flour mix
Beat on low speed until combined
Add the rest of the flour mixture
Beat on low speed until combined
Use a spatula to push the dough into a ball
Place bowl with dough in freezer for 30 minutes
Preheat oven to 350F°
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper
Remove dough from freezer
Place 3 – 4 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl
Form dough into one inch balls and roll lightly in cinnamon
Place balls on baking sheet 2 inches a part
Bake for 12 – 14 minutes until cookies are soft, but firm on top and could be picked up
Cool on wire rack
Store in refrigerator or freezer

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Sherry Lipp

Founder at Happy Gut For Life

Sherry is a Certificed Holistic Gut Practioner, author, and recipe creator. Sherry started the Specific Carbohydrate Diet in 2000 and has been creating delicious, grain and gluten-free recipes ever since. She is the author of the Don't Skip Dessert SCD cookbooks.