These Vegan Snickerdoodle Bars need 1 Bowl and 30 mins. Easy Snickerdoodle cookie bars short bread like, cinnamony and delicious. Vegan Cinnamon Bars Glutenfree option. Jump to Recipe 
These Cinnamony bites are great for when you need a lightly sweet snack. Shortbread like cookie bars topped with cinnamon and sugar. The bars need just 1 Bowl and come together within minutes. I added some candied ginger to the dough which you can omit if you like.
Bake, slice and done. You can bake the dough into cookies as well. Roll in cinnamon sugar, flatten and bake. Glutenfree and no oil options in the Recipe notes. Lets make these melt in your mouth burst of cinnamon bars.
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The dough can feel slightly dry but when you mix with your hands, it softens and makes a more cohesive dough. Then transfer to the pan and press evenly. Use a sprinkle of water to help if needed. For thicker bars, use a loaf pan.
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Vegan Snickerdoodle Bars - Cinnamon Bars
Makes One 8 by 8 inch brownie pan or a 9 by 5 loaf pan. 16 small bars.
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1/4 cup (56 ml) oil
- 1/3 cup (0.02 ml) maple syrup
- 2.5 tbsp applesauce
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Dry:
- 1 1/4 cup (156.25 g) flour , a few tbsp more depending on the flour used. GF option in notes
- 1/3 cup (37.33 g) almond flour
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) baking powder
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup chopped candied ginger (optional)
Topping:
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- 1.5 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Line a brownie pan or a loaf pan. Preheat the oven to 350 deg F (180 C). In a bowl, combine the wet ingredients until well combined. Add a tbsp of sugar/coconut sugar if you like the bars to be sweeter
- Add 1 cup flour, almond flour, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon to the bowl. Lightly mix the dry ingredients and then mix them into the wet.
- Add candied ginger if using and 1 tbsp flour.and mix in. Add more flour a tbsp at a time until the dough is not sticky. You want just slightly stiff dough.
- Press the dough in prepared brownie or loaf pan. Press it towards the edges and then press with your hand or spatula to even it out.
- Mix coconut sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle all over. Spray some water or oil on the cinnamon sugar mixture to help stick if needed.
- Bake for 18 to 20 mins. Cool for 10 mins then remove from pan. Slice and cool more.Cool for 5 mins then remove from pan. Slice and cool completely before storing. You can add a simple sugar icing for a dessert bar.
- To make cookies: Make balls of the dough, roll into cinnamon sugar mixture, flatten and bake for 9-10 mins. You can also make cinnamon roll cookies with the dough. Roll it out. Spray oil, then cinnamon sugar mixture. Make a roll, seal with water, slice and bake. Store the bars/cookies on the counter for upto 4 days, refrigerated for upto 2 weeks.
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Lori
oh my goodness, how many times do you slice and cool! 🙂
Jayashree
What is coconut sugar? Is t his easily available?
Richa
You can use powdered jaggery or brown sugar
Harini
Hi, can you suggest a substitute for make syrup?
Thanks
Richa
Use sugar and 2 tbsp non dairymilk
Carolina
Oh my! my kids and husband loved them! I was going to bring them to a friend’s house but they begged me to leave them at home.
Thank you Richa once again for sharing your recipes with us!
Richa
awesome!
Shawna
These bars were delicious. I made them Gf and oil free using the extra almond flour/flour substitution. They were a bit dense because of the almond flour, but oh so delicious.
Brandon
Hello! What kind of oil is best to use? Canola?
Richa
yes any neutral oil like safflower, sunflower, canola
Deepta
Can we make it from Coconut flour as a gluten-free option?
Thank you!
Ieva
If I di gluten free option with almond flour, do I have to add additional 1/3 cup of almond flour? Or only 1/2 almond and 1/2 gluten free ?
Richa
the additional almond flour is in addition to the gf blend. you can use just more of the gf blend.so add 1/3 cup more of the gf blend
luisa mannoni
Wonderfull. I cannot resist, I’m going to prepare it.! Thank you very much
Cassie Autumn Tran
Snickerdoodles are one of my favorite cookies EVER. I would dig into them any time of the year! Yeah, the holidays are over, but the cinnamon sugar adoration definitely isn’t. I would love to try recreating this batch as cookies!
Ahaana Sharma
I just loved this recipe. I am surely going to try this in bulk and store them in jars so that it stays fresh and can be served whenever there are some unexpected guests at home.
Richa
awesome! thanks
Barbara
If it is glutenfree, I will try it out. I can eat a regular cookie now and then, but my kids are totally gluten intolerant.
Richa
yes, see glutenfree ingredient options in the notes
Kris
I can’t wait to try these, we just love snickerdoodles!
Nikhil Kumar
Absolutely loved it…….Love from India
Emily
Hot Damn. These were a perfect treat to have around to brighten up these otherwise cold and dull days. i love that they are just lightly sweet. Not too heavy a treat too.