A round-up of favorite gluten-free holiday cookies and bars for festive baking, all in one convenient spot! Here you'll find variations of shortbread cookies, chocolate cookies, coconut cookies, no-bake cookies, and bars or squares, all perfect for Christmas cookie exchanges or holiday parties.
Is there anything more traditional about the holidays than baking cookies? It's fun to bake our favorite holiday cookies, but every year I like to add a few new recipes. Here are 22 gluten-free Christmas cookies and bars from my kitchen to yours!
'Tis the season for baking fun, and I've got you covered with this collection of delicious holiday treats. This line-up covers all the bases: different types of almond flour shortbread, several varieties of chocolate chip cookies, tasty coconut creations, and easy no-bake options.
Whether you're gluten-sensitive or just up for a tasty twist, these recipes for Christmas cookies and bars are here to make your holiday baking stress-free and scrumptious. So, let's dive in, grab those ingredients, and get ready to impress your friends and family with some awesome gluten-free goodies!
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Gluten-free Shortbread Cookies
Orange Cardamom Almond Flour Cookies
These Orange Cardamom Almond Flour Cookies have hints of holiday flavors. This gluten-free shortbread recipe can be made ahead and frozen. Dip in chocolate!
Orange Cardamom Almond Flour Cookies
Cranberry Lemon Almond Shortbread Cookies
These Cranberry Lemon Almond Shortbread Cookies have hints of holiday flavors. This gluten-free shortbread recipe can be made ahead and frozen. Use for either slice-and-bake or cut-out cookies. Add another layer of flavour with a drizzle of chocolate!
Cranberry Lemon Almond Shortbread Cookies
Almond Flour Earl Gray Shortbread
These Earl Gray Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies are delicately flavoured with Earl Gray tea and lemon. This gluten-free shortbread recipe can be made ahead and frozen. Glaze with lemon!
Almond Flour Earl Gray Shortbread
Gluten-Free Rosemary Lemon Shortbread Cookies
Slightly sweet gluten-free Rosemary Lemon Shortbread Cookies have delicate hints of rosemary and lemon in a melt-in-your-mouth cut-out cookie.
Gluten-Free Rosemary Lemon Shortbread Cookies
Buttery Almond Flour Espresso Shortbread Cookies
These delicious, tender Almond Flour Espresso Shortbread Cookies are flavoured with coffee and drizzled with chocolate. This grain-free shortbread recipe can be made ahead and frozen.
Buttery Almond Flour Espresso Shortbread Cookies
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy Gluten-Free Coffee Cookies
These chewy gluten-free coffee cookies have crisp edges and soft and gooey centers. They're easy to make with a gluten-free flour blend! These cookies are flavoured with powdered espresso coffee and they're studded with chocolate chips!
Chewy Gluten-Free Coffee Cookies
One-Bowl Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cookies with Chocolate Chips and Pecans
These one-bowl gluten-free pumpkin cookies are studded with chocolate chips and pecans. They're a soft, chewy cookie with crunchy pecans and lots of chocolate flavour. Perfect for fall snacks!
One-Bowl Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cookies with Chocolate Chips and Pecans
Gluten-free Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
These gluten-free chewy chocolate chip cookies have crispy edges and soft and gooey centers. Easy to make with a gluten-free flour blend! These chewy cookies are made with low-glycemic coconut sugar instead of brown sugar, reducing the sugar content, but not the flavour!
Gluten-free Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cranberry Pecan White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
These wholesome Cranberry Pecan White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies feature crunchy pecans, sweet cranberries and creamy white chocolate. They're gluten-free and delicious!
Cranberry Pecan White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Easiest 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Flourless, sugarless, gluten-free keto peanut butter cookies made with only four ingredients! Quick and easy to make. Bake and freeze!
Easiest 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies
Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe for gluten-free chocolate chip cookies is grain-free. Made with almond flour, coconut flour, and coconut sugar, these cookies are studded with lots of chocolate chips.
Coconut Cookies: Gluten-Free
Cranberry White Chocolate Macaroons
These Cranberry White Chocolate Macaroons are delicate little coconut mounds, flavored with cranberries and orange or lemon zest and drizzled with white chocolate.
Cranberry White Chocolate Macaroons
Crispy Salted Coconut Cookies
These gluten-free Crispy Salted Coconut Cookies are topped with a light dusting of sea salt. They're the first ones to disappear from the cookie tray! Make ahead and freeze for unexpected company.
Crispy Salted Coconut Cookies
No-Bake Gluten-Free Christmas Cookies and Bars
No-Bake Chocolate Almond Snowballs
These easy-to-make No-Bake Chocolate Almond Snowballs can be made ahead and frozen. Make them with regular granulated sugar, or with 0-calorie sweetener. Both ways are delicious!
No-Bake Chocolate Almond Snowballs
No-Bake Coconut Date Logs
These no-bake coconut date logs slice into sweet and crispy date cookies. They're an easy roll and slice date cookie made with soft Medjool dates and puffed rice cereal. They're delightfully addictive and just may become a new holiday tradition in your home!
No-Bake Coconut Date Logs
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Grain-free, refined-sugar free, no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars, ready in 20 minutes!
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares
An easy no-bake recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares made with only four ingredients. These crunchy, crispy bars totally satisfy all those who love a peanut butter and chocolate combo!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Squares
Grain-Free Peanut Butter Swirl Chocolate Bars
These grain-free Peanut Butter Swirl Chocolate Bars are insanely delicious, easy to make, and are refined sugar-free!
Grain-Free Peanut Butter Swirl Chocolate Bars
Gluten-Free Bars and Squares
Apple Cheesecake Crumble Bars - Gluten Free
These gluten-free apple cheesecake crumble bars have all the flavour of apple crumble. They're an easy-to-eat bar on a shortbread base, layered with cheesecake and apples. Top with optional caramel sauce for a delicious dessert!
Apple Cheesecake Crumble Bars - Gluten Free
Canadian Butter Tart Squares
All the flavours of a traditional butter tart, now made into gluten-free Canadian Butter Tart Squares.
Canadian Butter Tart Squares
Gluten Free Cranberry Lemon Oatmeal Bars
Lemon adds a bright flavour to these Gluten Free Cranberry Lemon Oatmeal Bars. They're sweet, but not too sweet.
Gluten Free Cranberry Lemon Oatmeal Bars
Soft and Chewy Italian Almond Cookes (Amaretti)
These soft and chewy Italian almond cookies, known as Amaretti, have a perfect balance of crispy exteriors and irresistibly chewy centers! With a short list of ingredients, these Amaretti cookies are easy to make. A perfect recipe to make ahead of time!
Soft and Chewy Italian Almond Cookes (Amaretti)
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