25 Gluten-free Dairy-free Christmas Cookies

Looking for some gluten-free dairy-free Christmas cookies this holiday season? Check out these 25 cookie recipes that are perfect for baking with your family, giving and gifts, and of course, eating!

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When it comes to the Christmas season, there’s nothing more quintessential than baking cookies for family and friends.

When I was a kid, I remember spending time with my mom over the spritz cookie press, rolling out gingerbread men, and making No Bake cookies every year. I loved that time I spent with her, and now I do my best to create those memories with my own son.

On a gluten and dairy-free diet, you can still enjoy Christmas cookies – you just need a few simple swaps to make them come together. For most of the cookie recipes I’m rounding up in this blog post, you’ll need:

A good gluten-free flour blend
Coconut oil
Vegan or dairy-free butter (like Earth Balance)
Sugar
Powdered sugar
Dairy-free chocolate chips
Gluten-free rolled oats
Baking powder
Salt
Eggs

Of course, there may be more ingredients in the specific recipes, but these 10 ingredients are a good start to stock your pantry and fridge for baking up Christmas cookies.

While we’re at it, here are a few essentials you’ll want to have on hand for some delicious Christmas cookie baking:

In this post, I’ve rounded up some of the most traditional Christmas cookie recipes, but with the twist of being both gluten-free and dairy-free. You’ll find in this gluten-free dairy-free Christmas cookie recipe roundup:

Gluten-free Dairy-free Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipes
Gluten-free Dairy-free Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
Gluten-free Dairy-free Gingerbread and Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipes
Gluten-free Dairy-free Chocolate Cookie Recipes
Gluten-free Dairy-free Traditional Christmas Cookie Recipes

There’s something for everyone in this post! I hope that if you’ve been looking for some delicious cookie recipes to make for family and friends, and share time with people you love while baking, that you find something you can’t wait to try.

Check out these 25 gluten-free dairy-free Christmas cookie recipes for loads of Christmas baking inspiration!

1. Gluten-free Sugar Cookies

These gluten-free sugar cookies are soft, sweet and full of vanilla flavor. This is my own recipe and go-to for a simple but delicious sugar cookie. These are made with almond flour, and are dairy-free, egg-free, and vegan too!

Make them more festive by rolling them in red or green colored sugar for Christmas!

2. Gluten-free Chocolate Sugar Cookies

These chocolate sugar cookies are perfect for baking up for the holidays and gifting to friends.

They’re simple to make, look great cut out into any shapes, and best of all, don’t require any chill time so you can get on with the baking even sooner.

3. Gluten-free Cut Out Cookies

These gluten-free cutout cookies are awesome for the holidays or any time of year. Just be sure to plan ahead, you’ll want to refrigerate them for about 30 minutes to firm up and make them the right consistency to roll out.

4. Gluten-free Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies

Everyone seems to love Lofthouse style cookies, because they’re soft, sweet, and cakey. Try these gluten-free version of this classic cookie.

Just be sure to swap out the butter for coconut oil, and use a vegan based buttercream for frosting.

5. Soft Gluten-free Sugar Cookies

These cute soft gluten-free sugar cookies are great for the holidays, but can be made year-round and made for any occasion by switching up what you put on top.

Make these dairy-free by swapping out the butter for vegan butter or coconut oil and the milk for a dairy-free alternative.

6. Gluten-free Peanut Butter Cookies (Dairy-free, Vegan)

Enjoy these super easy gluten-free peanut butter cookies that are also dairy-free and vegan.

Made with peanut butter, almond flour, maple syrup, and baking powder, then rolled in coconut sugar before baking, these cookies are easy and taste just like the ones you remember from childhood.

7. Classic Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Chips

Classic vegan peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips are made without any gluten, dairy, or refined sugar.

Don’t worry though – they’re packed with flavor for peanut butter, maple syrup, applesauce, and dairy-free chocolate chips.

8. No Bake Cookies

This gluten-free and dairy-free version of the classic no-bake cookie is made with coconut oil, sugar, chocolate almond milk, cocoa powder, peanut butter, gluten-free oats, and vanilla.

These couldn’t be easier – just mix all the ingredients, then toss them in the fridge to refrigerate and harden up.

9. Gluten-free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (Dairy-free, Egg-free, Vegan)

Who doesn’t love an classic cookie? These really take the cake – er cookie, for that matter. This recipe can be made with 7 ingredients and about 30 minutes of your time.

Seriously, if you’ve got a kid, they’ll love making up these around the holidays or any time of year.

Want a plain oatmeal cookie version? Try this gluten-free oatmeal cookie recipe!

10. Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies (Dairy-free, Egg-free, Vegan)

These delicious chocolate chip cookies are a great recipe to add to your recipe list, because they’re gluten-free, dairy-free, completely vegan, and aren’t full of refined sugar.

They’re made with almond flour, coconut oil or vegan butter, maple syrup, sea salt, baking soda, vanilla, and dairy-free chocolate chips. They couldn’t be easier to make and barely last an afternoon in my house!

Read on: 25 gluten-free sugar cookies

11. Gluten-free Snickerdoodles (Dairy-free, Vegan)

These snickerdoodle cookies are great for any time of year – even the holidays.

These tasty gluten-free cookies are made with only a handful of ingredients – almond flour, coconut oil or vegan butter, maple syrup, baking soda, cream of tartar, vanilla extract, white sugar, and cinnamon. These are one of my family’s favorites! Enjoy!

Read on: Is cream of tartar gluten-free?

12. Thick & Chewy Paleo & Vegan Snickerdoodles

If you love thick and chewy cookies, these snickerdoodles are right for you. These are awesome for the holidays – or really anytime.

Gluten-free, dairy-free, paleo-friendly, and delicious. You’re going to love this one.

13. Soft Paleo Gingersnaps

These gingersnaps are made with just 6 ingredients – and are so soft, you won’t be crunching them up all over your clothes or need a big plate to go underneath to catch the crumbs. Enjoy these gluten-free dairy-free cookies any time of year – but especially around the holidays when everyone loves the gingerbread flavor.

14. Gluten-free Molasses Cookies

These molasses cookies contain no gluten, dairy, or eggs – but are full of tons of flavor from cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. If you love molasses cookies, you’ll love this recipe!

These cook up in under 15 minutes and of course – are perfect for the holidays.

15. Chewy Gluten-free Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread is the quintessential holiday flavor – and these delicious chewy gluten-free chocolate gingerbread cookies are a new take on that.

I’ve never thought to combine chocolate and gingerbread flavors before, but these look insanely good. Believe it or not, they’re actually healthy too.

16. Keto Thin Mints

Who doesn’t love thin mint cookies? My husband almost every year taunts me with buying a box from the girls who come around to our houses asking us to buy Girl Scout cookies.

Those I have to fight myself to not eat – but these… these I can get behind. And they’d make excellent Christmas gifts too! They are gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free.

17. Gluten & Dairy-free Chocolate Cookies

These gluten and dairy-free chocolate cookies are definitely going on my to-make list.

These use a combination of oats and almond flour to make them gluten-free, and coconut oil and cocoa butter so you know they’re dairy-free too.

18. Gluten-free Chocolate Sugar Cookies

These chocolate sugar cookies are perfect for baking up for the holidays and gifting to friends.

They’re simple to make, look great cut out into any shapes, and best of all, don’t require any chill time so you can get on with the baking even sooner.

These chocolate sugar cookie hearts are a sweet chocolate variation on a classic sugar cookie cutout.

These are great for Christmas if you use trees or stocking cookie cutters. These are gluten-free and dairy-free, so you can feel good about them.

20. Peppermint Mocha Brownie Cookies

My husband is the peppermint mocha’s number one fan. Don’t believe me? He orders them year-round. Yep, peppermint mochas in June, August, and even in the ‘pumpkin everything’ season.

These peppermint mocha brownie cookies are going to be his favorite on this list – and they make me happy too, since they’re gluten-free and dairy-free.

21. Gluten and Dairy-free Spritz Cookies

Gluten and dairy-free spritz cookies are perfect for the holiday season! Not only do they have no gluten or dairy, but this recipe has an optional egg-free option too, making it completely vegan-friendly.

My family loves using our cookie press to make these – and. we all fight over who gets to put the sprinkles on.

22. Filled Cookies

Filled cookies are like little pies in cookie form. You make the dough and filling separately, and even though they taste like cookies, they lend the whole pie-in-your-hand idea.

Enjoy this gluten-free dairy-free cookie when you’re looking for something a little different to share with your family and friends during the holidays.

23. Pizzelles

My grandma had a pizelle maker when I was little and every year would bake up a batch for my family.

I haven’t had even one since going gluten-free and dairy-free years ago, but now I can share this recipe with her – or borrow her maker – and try this one out.

This recipe calls for eggs, maple syrup, coconut oil, vanilla extract, gluten-free flour, and baking powder – it couldn’t be easier.

24. Gluten-free Thumbprint Cookies (Dairy-free, Egg-free)

These gluten-free thumbprint cookies are made with my almond flour sugar cookie recipe as a base and a bit of delicious jam right on top. Enjoy these thumbprint cookies on a dairy-free or vegan diet too!

Try them your favorite flavor of jam – my family loves strawberry and raspberry!

25. Soft Amaretti Cookies

We love amaretti cookies in our house, but I haven’t ever tried making them myself. Now that I have found this recipe that’s gluten-free and dairy-free, I’ll definitely be giving them a go this holiday season – and maybe even baking up some extra to share.

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