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Healthier Snickerdoodles

Servings 16 cookies
Calories
Author Louisa

Ingredients

For Cookies:

  • 1 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon ground flax seeds
  • 1/3 cup warm water
  • 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup coconut butter (I make coconut butter at home using this recipe)

For topping:

  • 3 Tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • In a small bowl, stir together the sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
  • In a second small bowl, stir together the flax seeds and water.
  • In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add maple syrup, coconut butter, and flax seed mixture to the flour and stir until well blended.
  • At this point, your dough may seem very crumbly and unlike a normal cookie dough. That is perfectly fine.
  • Shape dough tightly into 1 1/2 inch balls, roll into the cinnamon-sugar mixture, and place on a cookie sheet. Please take note that the way you put these cookies into the oven are the way they will come out. They don't spread at all, so if you'd rather shape them into disc shapes, that is fine as well.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 2-4 minutes before removing to place on a cooling rack.