These Gluten Free Christmas Cookies are made with simple and gluten free ingredients for easy to make recipes with allergy-friendly options perfect to give for cookie exchanges, leave out for Santa, enjoy with a hot cup of cocoa, and more! Bake them all or pick your favorite.
- It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas
- What’s the Difference between Gluten Free Cookies and Regular Cookies?
- Tips for Baking the Best Gluten Free Christmas Cookies
- Basic Ingredients You’ll Need for Easy Gluten Free Christmas Cookies
- Suggested Equipment
- The Best Gluten Free Christmas Cookies
- Storage and Preparation
- Common Questions
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas
What’s the Difference between Gluten Free Cookies and Regular Cookies?
Tips for Baking the Best Gluten Free Christmas Cookies
- Measure Accurately. As I’m sure you’ve heard, baking is a science. So, to ensure that your Christmas cookies come out perfectly, I highly recommend using a food scale to measure ingredients by weight rather than volume which is prone to human error.
- Use Room Temperature Ingredients. Allowing all of your ingredients to come to room temperature allows them to easily incorporate with each other, preventing lumpy cookie dough and uneven baking.
- Chill the Dough. To ensure your cookies spread evenly, chill the cookie dough in the refrigerator for baking. This also allows for the fat to bake into the dough and is the secret to creating flaky textures and buttery flavor.
- Use an Ice Cream Scoop. Use an ice cream scoop to scoop and form the dough into evenly sized cookies to ensure they all bake evenly.
- Let your Cookies Cool. Although it’s tempting to grab a warm, freshly baked cookie, do your best to wait for them to cool! Gluten free cookies fresh out of the oven are very fragile and liable to crumble.
Basic Ingredients You’ll Need for Easy Gluten Free Christmas Cookies
Grain Free & Gluten Free Flours
Coconut Flour – Gluten free and paleo, and made with healthy fats, coconut flour is a great option for a wide variety of baked goods.
1:1 All Purpose Flour – An easy to work with blend, 1:1 gluten free flour can replace regular wheat flour with ease in everything except those recipes containing yeast.
All Purpose Gluten Free Flour – Unlike 1:1 gluten free flour blends, all purpose gluten free flour is made without xanthan or guar gums, making it a super versatile option for nearly any baked good.
Gluten Free Flour Blend – This homemade gluten free fllour blend features not one but two different variations with a regular all-purpose gluten free flour blend and a 1:1 baking blend to cover all your gluten free recipe needs.
Binders & Egg Replacers
For gluten free recipes and those that have been made vegan or without eggs, there needs to be something that holds the ingredients together. That’s where binders come into play!
Extra Cookie Components for the Best Texture
Baking Tip: When substituting nut or seed butter for butter, use a 1:1 ratio of nut butter and oil. For example, if a recipe calls for ½ cup of butter, you can use ½ a cup of nut butter combined with ½ a cup of melted coconut oil instead.
Suggested Equipment
- Baking Sheets
- Mixing Bowls
- Electric or Stand Mixer
- Cooling Rack
- Whisk
- Cookie Dough Scoop
- Parchment Paper
- Measuring Cups
The Best Gluten Free Christmas Cookies
The Best Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Made with a gluten-free flour blend and studded with chocolate chips, these cookies taste like everyone’s favorite classic dessert. No one will even realize they’re gluten-free!
Gluten-Free Monster Cookie Bars
A gluten free, vegan-friendly take on classic monster cookies, these bars are soft, chewy, and studded with chocolate in every delicious bite.
No Bake Chocolate Covered Cookie Truffles (Vegan Option)
These No Bake Chocolate Covered Cookie Truffles are made with just 5 ingredients, rich in flavor, and full of crunch for a satisfying treat ready in minutes.
Mocha Almond Fudge (No Cook Recipe)
Made with unrefined sugar, this mocha almond fudge is so rich and indulgent, you’ll never believe it’s a vegan no-bake recipe.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies
Our go-to dessert when we need something quick, these no-bake cookies are crispy, chocolatey, and made with better-for-you ingredients than standard recipes.Â
Healthy Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies
These cookies are crisp around the edges, soft and chewy in the center, and studded with cranberries (or raisins for gluten-free oatmeal raisin cookies) and dark chocolate chips all the way through. Lower in sugar than your average oatmeal cookies, they’re perfect for the holiday season!Â
Sugar & Spice Almond Flour Cookies
Made with healthy fats, natural sugars, cinnamon, and almond flour, these Sugar & Spice Almond Flour Cookies are the perfect paleo and low carb recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth without guilt!
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
These Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies have been given a makeover with gluten free and vegan ingredients and contain an optional spike of Amaretto for a fun twist on everyone’s favorite Christmas cookies!
Mexican Hot Chocolate Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies Recipe
More than your typical sugar cookies, these Mexican Hot Chocolate Sugar Cookies are loaded with Mexican Hot Chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, and a pinch of chili spices to create a recipe you’ll want to make again and again!
Brown Butter Gluten Free Snickerdoodles
Gluten free, grain free, egg free, and super easy to make, these Brown Butter Snickerdoodles are a must-make cookie recipe for the holiday season! Did I mention you can eat the dough?
Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Blossoms
These Peanut Butter Blossoms can be made nut-free and dairy-free for a festive cookie everyone can enjoy!
Vegan Cranberry Almond Molasses Cookies
Made with whole food ingredients, these Vegan Cranberry Almond Molasses Cookies are a simple and festive recipe perfect for parties, snacking, or even an on-the-go breakfast.
Storage and Preparation
Common Questions
Yes! Christmas cookies are a great dessert to prepare ahead of time. Check the instructions of each recipe to find specific preparation and storage tips.
In general, cookies will have set edges and be lightly browned when they are finished baking. Once removed from the oven, your cookies will continue to cook and set. So, don’t worry if they look underdone! Just make sure the center isn’t doughy.Â
Depending on who you ask, everyone will have a different answer. However, there are a few cookie recipes most commonly associated with Christmas and the holiday season such as gingerbread cookies, molasses cookies, peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and sugar cookies – all of which you can find recipes for above!Â
I hope you enjoy these gluten free Christmas cookies! Do you have any favorite holiday cookie recipes I left out? Let me know in the comments below. Happy holidays!
Cheers,
LC
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