VeganMoFo – OMG Snickerdoodle Pie!

This was the most pie fun I’ve ever had! I baked a giant snickerdoodle cookie you eat warm, all sugary and cinnamony. It’s not healthy, it’s not gluten free, but it is vegan and incredibly delicious. There’s gooey cinnamon covering the crust, then super soft white cake, then crispy gooey cinnamon on top. I only wish I had thought it up myself.




I veganized this recipe. Here’s the vegan version.

Snickerdoodle Pie

Ingredients:
1 recipe for 9-inch pie crust*
2 t. melted margarine
1 T. raw or coarse sugar
½ t. cinnamon

¼ cup margarine
½ cup brown sugar, packed
3 T. water
2 T. light corn syrup
½ t. cinnamon
1 t. vanilla

¼ cup softened margarine
½ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup powdered sugar
1t. baking powder
½ t. salt
¼ t. cream of tartar
1 energ egg replacer
1 t. vanilla
½ cup nondairy milk
1-1/4 cups AP flour

* I used the pie crust recipe from Sinfully Vegan and I do not recommend it. It’s oil based and this pie needs a margarine crust. Also, this crust wasn’t sturdy enough. It kept sliding down the rim.

Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your pastry and put into a 9-inch pie plate. Brush with melted margarine.

Mix together the raw sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon over the pie crust.

Make a syrup by combining the ¼ cup margarine, brown sugar, water, corn syrup, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon in a small sauce pan. Stir and bring to a boil, then boil gently for 2 minutes. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Set aside.

In your mixer, beat the softened margarine for a minute, until creamy. Stir in both sugars, baking powder, salt, and cream of tartar. Mix until well combined. Stir in egg replacer and vanilla. Slowly mix in milk, then flour. Spread evenly over crust.

Carefully pour syrup over batter, then sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar mixture.

Cover edges of crust with foil.

Owning a pie shield makes me a complete baking geek, doesn’t it?

Bake 25 minutes, then carefully remove the foil. Bake 15 – 20 minutes more or until top is puffed and browned and a tester comes out clean. Cool 30 minutes. Serve warm.

It looks kind of funny when it comes out of the oven, but it smells divine.

Better go make it now, then have yourself a nice warm slice.