You can bake all your Christmas favorites with these Gluten-Free Christmas Cookies. You’ll be able to make special memories baking and decorating these cookies with your family and friends. Enjoy all the delights that Christmas cookies bring without worrying about gluten or dairy!
I’ve also included special tips throughout this post as well as my favorite ingredients to make the best gluten-free & dairy-free cookies and the equipment I use that helps make baking a breeze! I’ve also included freezing tips so you can make cookies ahead pre-baked or baked.
Let’s get started with the cookies!
White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
Snowball Cookies (Pecan Snowballs)
Snickerdoodle Cookies
Special Ingredients for Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Cookies:
- Gluten-Free Flour: I use Better Batter Gluten-Free Flour Mix for most of my baking. I get consistently good results with this blend. It’s a 1-1 substitute.
- Another gluten-free blend I like to use is Pamela’s Artisan Blend. It’s dairy-free and is also a 1-1 substitute. This blend is more common so you might be able to find it at your local grocery store at a much lower price. When I use this blend I find I need to chill my dough even if the recipe doesn’t call for it.
- If you use another gluten-free flour blend be sure that it contains xanthan gum. If not, add 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum per cup of flour.
- Dairy-Free Butter: Use Smart Balance or Earth Balance. Simply sit it out on the countertop for about 10 minutes to allow it to soften at room temperature. Using softened butter makes mixing your cookie dough easier and helps it combine with the other ingredients.
Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies
Maple Brown Sugar Cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies
Baking Tips for Gluten-Free Cookies:
Some recipes call for the dough to be chilled but if it doesn’t call for it to be chilled it should be fine but…. if the dough is too sticky to work with go ahead and chill the dough for 30-60 minutes.
You can tell your cookies are ready when the sides look set and it’s best to slightly underbake than overbake cookies unless you’re wanting a more crisp cookie.
When you remove the cookies from the oven leave them on the pan for about 5 minutes. This helps them to finish “baking”. After 5 minutes remove the cookies from the pan and place them on a wire rack to finish cooling.
Chocolate Crinkles
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Soft Molasses Cookies
My Favorite Cookie Baking Equipment:
- Stand Mixer – I’ve had my KitchenAid stand mixer for 24 years and it’s still going strong. This makes mixing cookie dough easy peasy.
- Hand blender – The next best thing to a stand mixer is a hand blender. You might find that for some recipes the dough might end up being a little too thick so you may need to finish mixing with a large wooden spoon.
- Baking pans – My favorite baking pans.
- Silicone baking mats – These keep everything from sticking and help keep the cookies from spreading too much and they fit perfectly in the pan above.
- Cookie scoop – Cookie scoops are a must! They make the whole process so much easier.
Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Thumbprint Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
How to Freeze Cookie Dough and Baked Cookies:
Freeze cookie dough: Cookie dough and baked cookies normally freeze very well. If you are freezing the dough the easiest cookie dough to freeze are the cookies that are drop cookies or rolled into balls. Place them on a baking sheet that will fit in your freezer. Freeze cookies and after they’re frozen place them in a freezer bag.
To bake frozen cookie dough: No need to thaw; bake according to the recipe.
Freeze baked cookies: Be sure to let them completely cool before freezing. Baked cookies can be frozen for up to 3 months. Cookies with icing or cut-outs should be frozen on a cookie sheet in a single layer and then placed in a freezer bag or solid container. And you can place a piece of parchment paper in-between the layers to keep the icing from sticking.
Lemon Crinkle Cookies
Oatmeal Cookies
No Bake Cookies
Happy Baking and Merry Christmas!
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