Cinnamon Sugar Bread Crumbs

1. Add stale bread to a food processor and blend until crumbly. Toast the bread until dry (about 2 1/2 – 3 minutes or until golden brown).
2. Melt butter over medium high heat and then add the toasted breadcrumbs. Cook for a minute and then add in the cinnamon sugar and cook for another minute until the breadcrumbs are very toasty and cinnamon sugar is evenly spread out. Remove from heat and transfer to a paper towel lined plate or parchment paper.

Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough

1. Whisk together melted butter, sugar and brown sugar in a bowl until smooth. Add in flax egg or egg and vanilla, and whisk until smooth. Fold in the dry ingredients using a rubber spatula until half combined. Fold in 1/2 cup (45-50 g) of the cinnamon sugar breadcrumbs until just combined and there are no more dry patches of flour. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour or overnight.

Sugar Cookie Cookie Dough

1. Add butter to a bowl and use a hand mixer to beat the butter for 30 seconds. Add the sugar and cream on low to medium low speed until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Add the aquafaba, vanilla and almond meal and cream for another minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Fold in 1/2 cup (45 – 50 g) of the cinnamon sugar breadcrumbs until just combined and there are no more dry patches of flour. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour or overnight.

Bake

1. Pre-heat oven to 325 F (162 C) and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. Remove dough and scoop 1 1/2 tbsp (25 g) of dough and roll in breadcrumbs. Stack two pieces of dough together. Alternatively, weigh 50 grams of dough (65 g for sugar cookies) and roll into slightly taller balls.
3. Coat in cinnamon butter toast breadcrumb mixture. You may need to ‘press’ them in as you’re rolling them.
4. Place on lined baking sheet and bake for 10-14 minutes for the snickerdoodles.
5. For the sugar cookies, bake for 10 minutes. Tap the sheet pan on the counter and continue to bake for another 1 minute, or until it puffs up again. Tap on the counter again and bake for another 1-2 minutes. Remove from oven and tap on the counter once more. Total baking time should be about 14-15 minutes.
6. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes and move to cooling rack. Sprinkle with remaining bread crumbs and enjoy!!