Keto Snickerdoodles (1.4g Net Carbs)
By Carine Claudepierre
Published on 12/02/2019 - Last updated on 11/26/2024
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These Keto Snickerdoodles are soft low-carb cookies with a unique cinnamon flavor and only 1.4 grams of net carbs per cookie. They are also egg-free, dairy-free, and paleo-friendly!
Traditional Snickerdoodle cookies are small cookies with a cracked surface. They are typically crispy but some versions exist with a soft texture. They are very similar to sugar cookies, the main difference being the addition of cinnamon.
Interestingly no one really knows why they are called Snickerdoodle. There are a few theories out there, but nothing is certain. Traditional Snickerdoodle cookies are not keto-friendly. Because they are made with sugar, all-purpose flour, and rolled in more regular sugar.
This makes a single small traditional snickerdoodle cookie reach way over 10 grams of net carbs. To learn how to get all the taste of a Snickerdoodle Cookie without the carbs, keep reading!
Ingredients and Substitutions
This cookie recipe uses only a few simple ingredients:
- Almond flour – fine, not a coarse almond meal, or the cookies will have a gritty texture. Almond Flour is a great keto-friendly flour.
- Coconut flour – fresh, no lumps.
- Sugar-free crystal sweetener – feel free to use your favorite blend of stevia erythritol or monk fruit stevia blend. I always use this one. Read my review of sweeteners to find my top 4 keto-friendly sweeteners.
- Coconut oil or melted butter
- Unsweetened vanilla almond milk – at room temperature.
- Baking soda – or a double amount if you want to use baking powder.
- Apple cider vinegar
- Xanthan gum – this gives a chewy texture to the cookies.
- Cinnamon – because there is no Snickerdoodle Cookie without a touch of Cinnamon. Read my Cinnamon Sugar recipe to get the perfect ratio.
How To Make Keto Snickerdoodles
If you like pictures more than words, I’ve included below photos of key steps.
Combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
Pour the liquid ingredients on top and combine the batter.
When it sticks together, roll the dough into a ball.
Scoop the dough with a cookie scoop and prepare the low-carb cinnamon sugar.
Roll the dough balls in the cinnamon mixture and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake the keto snickerdoodle cookies at 350°F (180°C) for 12 to 15 minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
They are soft, chewy cookies with a buttery texture and unique cinnamon flavor. Your family will love these on your Christmas cookie platter or as an afternoon tea snack with a cup of coffee at any time of the year.
A perfect healthy snickerdoodle cookie is soft in the middle and shows some cracks on the edges. It also has a delicious crunchy cinnamon-sugar coating that adds an amazing cinnamon flavor to your cookie. This recipe replicates this perfectly!
These are very low-carb keto cinnamon cookies with only 1.4g of net carbs per serving and only 76 kcal. If you crave something sweet they are the best to fix your sweet tooth with no guilt. Plus, these cookies freeze really well so you can make ahead a large batch and save some for later.
More Keto Cookie Recipes
Keto cookies are great for the holiday season or to snack on. I recommend also trying these low-carb cookie recipes:
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Keto Snickerdoodles
Ingredients
Dry ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cup Almond Flour
- 2 tablespoons Coconut Flour
- ⅓ cup Granulated Sweetener erythritol or monk fruit
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Xanthan Gum
Liquid ingredients
- ¼ cup Coconut Oil or melted butter
- ¼ cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar
Cinnamon coating
- 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons Granulated Sweetener – erythritol or monk fruit
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients: almond flour, coconut flour, sweetener, baking soda, and xanthan gum.
- Pour the melted coconut, unsweetened almond milk (at room temperature, or it will solidify the coconut oil), vanilla, and apple cider vinegar.
- Combine with a spoon at first, then use your hands to knead the dough and form a consistent cookie dough ball. Set aside in the bowl, at room temperature, while you prepare the cinnamon coating.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together ground cinnamon and sugar-free crystal sweetener of your choice.
- Shape 16 small cookie dough balls. I am using a small mechanical cookie dough scoop to make cookies of the same size and same carb count.
- Roll each cookie dough ball into the cinnamon sugar-free sugar, rolling the balls in your hands to stick the coating. Next, place each cookie ball onto a baking tray covered with parchment paper, leaving 1 cm space between each cookie.
- Flatten the snickerdoodle cookie with a spatula until the sides crack and the thickness is similar to a regular snickerdoodle cookie. These cookies won't expand while baking that is why it is important to shape/flatten them before baking.
- Repeat for the other cookies.
- Bake the cookies at 350°F (180°C) for 12-15 minutes or until the sides are slightly golden brown, don't overbake are they won't be as soft.
- Remove from the oven and cool down 5 minutes on the baking tray before transferring on a cooling rack. Slide a spatula under each cookie to gently transfer them onto a cooling rack without breaking.
- The cookies are soft at first when out of the oven. They will harden and reach their best texture at room temperature, about 1 hour cool down required.
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About The Author
Hi, I'm Carine, the food blogger, author, recipe developer, published author of a cookbook, and founder of Sweet As Honey.
I have an Accredited Certificate in Nutrition and Wellness obtained in 2014 from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health). I'm passionate about sharing all my easy and tasty recipes that are both delicious and healthy. My expertise in the field comes from my background in chemistry and years of following a keto low-carb diet. But I'm also well versed in vegetarian and vegan cooking since my husband is vegan.
I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and a Mediterranean Diet
Cooking and Baking is my true passion. In fact, I only share a small portion of my recipes on Sweet As Honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take any pictures!
All my recipes are at least triple tested to make sure they work and I take pride in keeping them as accurate as possible.
Browse all my recipes with my Recipe Index.
I hope that you too find the recipes you love on Sweet As Honey!
Disclaimer
The recipes, instructions, and articles on this website should not be taken or used as medical advice. You must consult with your doctor before starting on a keto or low-carb diet. The nutritional data provided on Sweetashoney is to be used as indicative only.
The nutrition data is calculated using WP Recipe Maker. Net Carbs is calculated by removing the fiber and some sweeteners from the total Carbohydrates. As an example, a recipe with 10 grams of Carbs per 100 grams that contains 3 grams of erythritol and 5 grams of fiber will have a net carbs content of 2 grams. Some sweeteners are excluded because they are not metabolized.
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We moved and I don’t know where my recipes are, very excited to find your site!
I haven’t made these yet, but my daughter wants to make some for her uncle in California (we live in Texas.) We need to know if they can be mailed and hoe we can keep them fresh.
I wouldn’t send fresh baked goods by post, they may break or turn bad with temperature variation etc.
Love this recipe! Thanks for sharing.
Carine, j’adore votre site ! Un très grand merci de vos recettes et de votre merveilleuse generosité en les partageant. (Il est également bien possible que se trouvent des erreurs dans mon français comme elle est une langue supplémentaire chez moi comme votre anglais charmant et excellent !) <3 Par curiosité, qu'est-ce que c'est votre deuxième langue après le français et avant l'anglais ?
Merci beaucoup ! I learnt German first for 12 years then I started English. Thanks for reading my blog, XOXO Carine
Hi Carine, your cookie recipes are my favorite by far. However I am having a bit of trouble with the snickerdoodles. I weighed the ingredients using your gram measures and even when I bake for 12 minutes they come out underbaked/doughy. I have checked my oven temp and just don’t know if there is any other advice you can provide. Thanks so much.
Simply bake them longer, up to 18 minutes. They are ready when golden on the top. It is normal to have a soft cookie when out of the oven, they firm up with time. Enjoy,
I wish i could have uploaded a photo. The cookies looked picture perfect. But two things went wrong. You said bake 8-10 min and don’t overbake. So I baked for 8 1/2 min, leaving them on the pan as directed before removing. But they were just totally under baked. This was my mistake which I will correct the next time I make these. But the second thing about these cookies is that they’re not sweet. At all. I used the 1/3 cp of erythritol in the mix. And of course used the correct amount in the cinnamon mixture for rolling. Not sweet. Like totally bland. Next time, i will bake longer. And I will increase the sweetener to 1/2 cp. but overall, a very pretty cookie and easy to put together.
These are our first keto biscuits – quite nice and we love the low carb level.
I am happy you love them! Enjoy, XOXO Carine
I love your recipes , help me bake to my son who has food intolerance but his new test appear has intolerance to coconut and almond , how can I measure for use flour rice or kasava .
Thank you! I am so glad you both are enjoying my recipes. I can’t recommend on rice flour or cassava flour since I never used them in my kitchen. I only use keto flours. Almond flour can always be replaced by same amount of sunflower seed flour. . Enjoy, XOXO Carine
These cookies are marvellous. Even my sugar loving teenage son loves them. And so easy to make.
I don’t have almond milk but am desperate to try these cookies. Could I substitute heavy cream or regular milk??
Yes, any milk will work or heavy cream Enjoy the keto recipes on the blog, XOXO Carine
One of the best Candida diet desserts I’ve tried. Followed the recipe exactly except for substituting equal amounts of Lakanto monk fruit sweetener instead of erythritol. Will definitely make again. I’ll probably add a pinch of salt next time
Thanks for the lovely feedback! Yes, erythritol or lakanto crystal sweetener are both working well in all my recipes, Enjoy! XOXO Carine
It would be nice if you would fix the typos in your recipe.
That is so rude, when someone is good enough to share you should say thankyou or say nothing at all
Sure! I am French and I do my best to write in English (it is my third language) so I am sorry for my mistakes. Enjoy the recipes, XOXO Carine
This is the most amazing cookie I have made from your website ????❤️
Thank you ! I am so glad you love them too, XOXO Carine
Hi Carine, if not freezing, what is the best way to keep these cookies fresh?
They are delicious!
Thanks
Ceren
Hi Ceren, they store very well in a cookie jar in the pantry for up to 5-7 days. Enjoy the recipe. XOXO Carine
This is the best keto dessert recipe I’ve ever tried! Sometimes I find it rather hard being keto + vegan, but this will certainly make it easier. I’ve hated almost every other dessert recipe I’ve tried, but this one was super good. I adjusted the monkfruit sweetner as I would rather less sweet than the aftertaste, and it’s a total hit! BTW, the xanthum gum really makes the difference!!
Thanks so much for restoring my hope in vegan keto desserts!!
You are welcome ! There is plenty of keto vegan desserts recipes on my blog, enjoy! XOXO Carine.
These are delicious! I am making this recipe for the 2nd time and sharing it with co-workers. Hopefully they find it as amazing as I did.
I hope they love it too! Let me know, XOXO Carine
Do you have to add the gum or is there a replacement?
No you don’t but the cookie will be less chewy. Enjoy, XOXO Carine