The best vegan and gluten-free Snickerdoodle Bread that tastes like a giant snickerdoodle cookie and is made with all paleo and healthy ingredients.
If you have my cookbook, Just the Good Stuff, you know I have an obsession with snickerdoodle.
I share a recipe for snickerdoodle cookies in my cookbook but this is the first ever snickerdoodle bread of sorts on the blog.
In my opinion, snickerdoodle anything is the must underrated flavor palette. I am a sucker for cinnamon and it has that perfect cinnamony taste to it.
This bread though.. it is life changing. A vegan and gluten-free Snickerdoodle Bread made with all healthy ingredients.
This recipe is one you can enjoy anytime of the day. You can have it for breakfast with some yogurt and any toppings you’d like. Or you can snack on it during the day or have some after dinner for dessert. I bet some ice cream on top of this would be insane. But until my freezer has more vacancy, I can’t see that happening anytime soon.
You will only need a few ingredients it whip this up. It takes about an hour to fully cook, so put a movie on or hop in the bath to distract yourself from the time. But the smell alone will have you salivating the entire hour that it is baking.
Ingredients needed for my paleo snickerdoodle bread:
- Almond meal and almond flour – as we learned in this blog post, these two are interchangeable in most recipes. I used both here because I wanted to add a little grainy consistency from the almond meal, but you can use one or the other or both like I did.
- Non-dairy yogurt – or use your favorite dairy yogurt (I have made it both ways)
- Unsweetened applesauce – I love baking with this for a little added natural sweeteness
- Eggs or flax eggs – either will work. I use these ground flaxseeds to make flax eggs usually
- Maple syrup – or sub honey if you prefer. You need a liquid sweetener
- Coconut sugar – for the topping!
- Cinnamon – and LOTS of it!
The Best Snickerdoodle Bread (paleo + vegan)
The best vegan and gluten-free Snickerdoodle Bread that tastes like a giant snickerdoodle cookie and is made with all paleo and healthy ingredients.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 60 mins
Yield: 8-10 slices 1x
Ingredients
- 2 flax eggs or 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup non-dairy yogurt of choice (or sub milk yogurt – I have done both)
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 cup almond meal
- 1 cup almond flour (you can also just do 2 cups almond meal OR flour)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Topping: 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees to line a loaf pan with parchment paper and/or grease well
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, yogurt, applesauce, maple syrup until creamy
- Mix in almond flour, meal, baking powder, cinnamon until smooth
- Add half the batter to loaf pan then in a small bowl mix topping ingredients and add half on top
- Add the remaining batter on top then rest of topping and swirl well
- Bake in oven for 50-60 minutes or until you stick toothpick in and it comes out clean
- Cool for a few then slice and enjoy
Notes
*Store in airtight container for 5 days or freeze for longer
NOTE: i haven’t tested subs unless listed above
Giselle
This looks so good!! Can I use something else if I don’t have applesauce?
Rachel
yes! mashed banana
caroline
think oat flour instead of almond meal would work?
Ann
What is the nutrition information for the bread? Thanks!
Rachel
feel free to input into online calculator 🙂
Christie
Can I sub coconut sugar for brown or should it be white? I know you haven’t tried but what would you suggest?
Rachel
hmmm maybe 1/2 and 1/2?!
Caitlin Fichtel
Is there a sub for the yogurt at all?
Rachel
any yogurt works! non-dairy or dairy works but i haven’t tested sans yogurt or a sub
Nicole
Really liked the flavors and texture of the cake. I ran out of almond flour, so I did 1/2 almond flour and 1/2 oat flour and worked pretty good except it didn’t rise as much, don’t know why. But I’ll def try again with just almond flour 🙂
Rachel
its okay! almond flour doesn’t rise as much (it is too heavy!)
Marissa
This is tasty and mimics the flavors of Snickerdoodle nicely. I will say that it doesn’t rise enough to be a loaf. The slices were so small so I basically consider them to be bars (I cut them in 6 squares). So, just something to note if anyone else is planning to make this.
Brenna Alphonse
I made this bread for the second time today and it’s so delicious. Perfectly moist and satisfying.
Rachel
omg yay!!