These 13 recipes for paleo Christmas cookies will allow you to still have the same Christmas cookie classics, but gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free!
As a child my family had many Christmas traditions, and we kids never let my parents neglect any of them. We each bought a new Christmas tree ornament every year, we each bought every other person in our family a gift, we had the same Christmas brunch menu every year, we always drove through the Christmas lights display in the neighboring town, and we always baked a huge amount of Christmas cookies near the beginning of December to eat through the holiday season and beyond. (I really do mean huge amount! We’d have stacks of them in the freezer.)
But I’m the youngest child, and many of our traditions changed and faded out over the years because my older siblings weren’t around for as much through the holidays. (Having to share older siblings with their newfound in-laws is the worst as a kid – any other babies of the family feel my pain?)
I really think that the only Christmas tradition that has truly stayed the same in my family is that we still bake Christmas cookies every single year!
Since I’m gluten intolerant and often eat paleo, I’ve put together this list of 13 Recipes for Paleo Christmas Cookies so that our Christmas tradition can carry on and yours can too. 😉 These paleo Christmas cookies are all gluten-free, paleo, dairy-free, and free of refined sugar.
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Perfect Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free)
From Paleo Running Momma
My family loves to decorate Christmas cookies. We often make it a competition and vote on who decorates the most creative cookie! These grain-free cut out cookies are made with coconut and almond flours and are sweetened with honey. I love this set of cookie cutters from Amazon with 11 different shapes!
Grain-Free Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free, vegan)
From The Real Food Dietitians
These delicious gingersnaps are also made with almond flour and coconut flour. Sub in a flax egg if you want to make them vegan, and check that you use pure molasses without added sugar to make the cookies paleo.
Chocolate Hazelnut Healthy Ginger Snap Cookies with Coffee
(paleo, gluten-free, vegan)
From Faith Food Fitness
To make these gingersnaps with a twist, you add ground coffee to the mix and dip them in melted dark chocolate and hazelnuts after baking!
Paleo Hot Cocoa Cookies with Coconut Whipped Cream
(paleo, gluten-free)
From Fit Foodie Finds
Totally flourless, these hot cocoa cookies are made with a perfect combination of almond butter and lots of cocoa powder.
Paleo Chai Spiced Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free)
From Texanerin
Super soft and chewy, these chai paleo Christmas cookies are made with coconut and almond flours along with lots of yummy and warming spices.
Double Chocolate Coconut Shortbread Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free)
From A Healthy Life for Me
These crispy shortbread paleo Christmas cookies have a buttery taste and are dipped in chocolate and coconut!
Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free, vegan)
From Bakerita
With just a few ingredients, these paleo Christmas cookies are simple to put together! They taste a lot like traditional shortbread cookies but with wholesome ingredients. The caramel is made with almond butter, coconut oil, and maple syrup. Sounds amazing, right?
Paleo Lemon Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free, vegan)
From Texanerin
My family has always made lemon cookies at Christmastime. I’m not really sure if that’s a standard Christmas cookie to any one else, but it is in my family! However, the recipe I grew up with was made with a lemon cake box mix. This recipe is much cleaner, including just 8 wholesome ingredients!
Grain Free Snickerdoodles
(paleo, gluten-free, vegan)
From Running with Spoons
Who else loves snickerdoodle cookies?! I think they might be more of a regional cookie, so for those of you who’ve not heard of them before, snickerdoodles are soft, buttery, cinnamon sugar cookies. They’re amazing. But these are grain-free and way healthier than the traditional version.
Peppermint Mocha Brownie Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free)
From A Saucy Kitchen
These amazing brownie cookies include instant coffee or espresso powder to give it the mocha taste, and peppermint extract with optional crushed candy canes for the Christmasy twist.
Jam Thumbprint Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free, vegan)
From Bakerita
I’ll be honest, I didn’t know thumbprint cookies were a traditional Christmas cookie to a lot of you until I did research for this post. (And by research I mean googling “most popular types of Christmas cookies.”) You can make these with just four ingredients! Pretty crazy right? I think I will have to add this recipe to our paleo Christmas cookies roundup this year.
Maple Vanilla Bean Meringue Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free, vegan)
From Kit’s Coastal
I included these because I’ve never seen any cookies like them, and they’re so pretty! Plus they sound delicious. Just 5 ingredients will yield about 40 of these cookies so these are a great one to make if you’re going for large batches!
Paleo Gingerbread Men Cookies
(paleo, gluten-free, vegan-friendly)
From Texanerin
These gingerbread men are adorable! You can make them with coconut flour, almond flour, molasses, honey, coconut oil, and spices. She also includes a paleo white chocolate recipe which you can make, melt, and use for decorating them! I love this gingerbread man cookie cutter from Amazon.
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