Gluten-Free Christmas Cookie Recipes To Make Right Now (2024)

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I’m so happy to share today’s roundup of 30 gluten-free Christmas cookie recipes that you’ll want to make right now! “Christmas” cookies are often a subjective thing. Sure, cut-out cookies that are angels and Christmas trees qualify as Christmas cookies, but what about Aunt Mary’s beloved Oatmeal Cookies and your neighbor’s No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies that you’ve always loved?

If they mean Christmas to you, they’re Christmas cookies! That’s the thinking behind today’s roundup of 30 gluten-free Christmas cookie recipes that you’ll want to make right now. You’ll find “classic” Christmas cookies plus other cookie recipes that one would enjoy at Christmas time or any time of year.

~Best Monster Cookie You Will Ever Eat from Simply Living Healthy ~ gluten free, egg free, and vegetarian with dairy-free, vegan option

~Big & Soft Paleo Ginger Molasses Cookies from Allergy Free Alaska ~ gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free, vegetarian, paleo, primal

~ Coconut Meringues from Gluten Free Easily (that’s me!) ~ gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian

~Double Chocolate Chip Brownie Cookies from Chocolate-Covered Katie ~ gluten free (use gluten-free option), dairy free, egg free, vegan

~Chocolate Caramel Yums from Gluten Free Spinner ~ gluten free, vegetarian

~Chocolate Crinkles from Allergy-Free Alaska ~ gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian

~ Christmas Cut-Out Cookies from Hope’s Kitchen (this link is from the Wayback Archive as the Hope’s Kitchen site is no longer active)~ gluten free, egg free, vegetarian

~Christmas No-Bake Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies from Gluten-Free Cat via The Wayback Machine ~ gluten free, grain free, dairy free, egg free, refined sugar free, paleo, primal, vegan

~Flourless Sparkling Chocolate Cookies from Gluten Free Easily ~ gluten free, vegetarian

~ Forgotten Cookies from Gluten Free Easily ~ gluten free, grain free, vegetarian, with dairy-free option

~Grain-Free No Bake Chocolate Cookies from Cassidy’s Craveable Creations ~ gluten free, grain free, dairy free, egg free, refined sugar free, vegan, paleo, primal

~Grain-Free Mexican Wedding Cookies from Elana’s Pantry ~ gluten free, grain free, dairy free, refined sugar free, paleo, primal

~Holiday Hermit (Fruitcake) Cookies from The Paleo Mom ~ gluten free, grain free, dairy free, paleo/primal friendly

~Lemon Sugar Cookies from Sarah Bakes Gluten Free ~ gluten free, dairy free, egg free, vegan

~Macadamia Coconut Cookies with Cacao Nibs from Tasty Eats At Home ~ gluten free, dairy free

~Pecan Crescent Cookies from Simply Gourmet ~ gluten free (use gluten-free option), vegetarian

~ Monster Bars from Celiac in the City ~ gluten free, vegetarian

~Peppermint Marshmallow Crunch Cookies from Against All Grain ~ gluten free, grain free, dairy free, refined sugar free, vegetarian,paleo, primal

~Peppermint Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies from Simply Gourmet ~ gluten free (use gluten-free option), vegetarian

~Pressed Butter (Spritz) Cookies from Art of Gluten-Free Baking ~ gluten free, vegetarian

~Raspberry Linzer Cookies from Healthful Pursuit ~ gluten free, grain free, dairy free, egg free, with vegan option

~Scandinavian Thumbprint Cookies from The Spunky Coconut ~ gluten free, grain free, dairy free, and egg free (would be easy to make vegan by using another sweetener)

~ Shortbread Flatsfrom Gluten Free Easily ~ gluten free, vegetarian

~Snowy Luscious Lemon Cookies from Gluten-Free Goddess ~ gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian

~Spritz Cookies from Angela’s Kitchen ~ gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, with egg-free, vegan option

~Thumbprint Cookies from Celiac in the City ~ gluten free, vegetarian

~Turtle Cookies from Faithfully Gluten Free ~ gluten free, vegetarian

~Whipped Shortbread Cookies from Faithfully Gluten Free~ gluten free, vegetarian

~White Chocolate Cranberry Ginger Cookies from In Johnna’s Kitchen ~ gluten free, grain free, dairy free, egg free, vegan (when made with the white chocolate that Johnna uses)

~White Chocolate Cherry Macadamia Cookies from Gluten Free Spinner ~ gluten free, vegetarian

~White Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies from My Gluten-Free Kitchen ~ gluten free, vegetarian

Happy holiday cookie baking! I really hope you enjoy all these gluten-free Christmas cookie recipes! And if you are looking for more Christmas cookie recipes, check out 30 More Gluten-Free Christmas Cookies You’ll Want to Make Right Now.

Originally published December 12, 2013 ; updated November 18, 2023.