Vegan Christmas Cookies (12 Easy Recipes Everyone will Love)
If you are looking for easy vegan Christmas cookies that deliver great results every time, these are the recipes that you have been looking for! After over 25 years of baking Christmas cookies, these are my family and friends’ most-loved cookies.
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I’ve been vegan since 2000, so I have had over 25 years to test countless Christmas cookie recipes. I converted all my family’s favorites to vegan versions and added a few new ones along the way, but these are the most requested cookies year over year.
Classic Vegan Cut-Out Cookies
These easy vegan cut-out cookies are perfect for any occasion. This is the simple, no-fail cut-out cookie recipe you’ve been looking for, made in 1 bowl with just a few everyday ingredients. Easy to roll out and no need to refrigerate the dough ahead of time. Cut into any shape, then decorate with frosting or royal icing and sprinkles for holiday fun!
Vegan Shortbread Cookies
My family loves these buttery, flaky cookies that seem to melt in your mouth. This recipe came from an old family friend who made these for her catering business years ago. They have been a favorite as long as I can remember.
Vegan Creme de Menthe Squares
The most requested Christmas cookie year after year. My mom started making these when I was a kid, and almost 50 years later, she still gets requests from friends and neighbors. Of course, I had to make them vegan.
Thumbprint Jam Cookies
These vegan thumbprint cookies, also known as Swedish Sweethearts or jam cookies, are light, airy shortbread filled with your favorite jam. Even though my grandmother had 13 children and 26 grandchildren, she knew that these were my favorites and always saved some of them for me.
Vegan Snickerdoodles
These cinnamon-and-sugar cookies are a classic that never gets old. Sweet, buttery, puffy, yet chewy, these cookies never last long in my house.
Vegan Butter Cookies
These are classic buttery treats, finished with a decorative design using a large piping tip. I love to dip them into melted chocolate and decorate them with sprinkles for a festive holiday look.
Vegan Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These vegan chocolate cookies have all the goodness of fudgy brownies in cookie form! They’re quick and easy to make with simple ingredients. Toss in some broken candy canes and make a chocolate peppermint treat that everyone will love.
Vegan Haystacks
Quick and easy cookies made from chow mein noodles, peanut butter, and melted chocolate. They’re a perfect combo of crunchy, sweet, and salty. You can even toss in nuts, raisins, or mini marshmallows and top them with sprinkles for endless variations.
Vegan Spritz Cookies
These pressed butter cookies are fun to make and always a hit with kids. They’re made with only a few ingredients, yet the shapes and colors are endless.
Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Okay, these may technically be more of a candy than a cookie, but I couldn’t leave them off the list. If I could choose one treat to eat for the rest of my life, it might be these rich and creamy chocolate truffles.
Vegan Oatmeal Cookies
Classic oatmeal cookies with your choice of chocolate chips, raisins, nuts, or craisins added in. Perfectly soft and chewy with the classic taste of oatmeal, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
Vegan Swedish Tarts
These Tarts, otherwise known as Sandbakkels, are adorable little hand-held tarts that can be made with your favorite pie fillings! The recipe was passed down from my husband’s Swedish grandmother, so of course, I had to make them vegan.
Enjoy these Christmas cookies with a glass of homemade vegan eggnog or some homemade vegan hot cocoa!
If you are looking for vegan Christmas candies, check out my recipes for vegan fudge, toffee, chocolate crackers, candied pecans, or cream-filled chocolates.
Of this list of favorites, the chocolate truffles are naturally gluten-free. The haystacks can also easily be made gluten-free by using gluten-free pretzels instead of chow mein noodles. The chocolate cookies, snickerdoodles, and oatmeal cookies also bake up well with gluten-free flour.
My kids love to make and decorate the vegan cut-out cookies. The recipe makes sturdy cookies that hold up to decorating with small children.
Surprisingly, the easiest cookies on this list are the haystacks; they are made with 3 simple ingredients and take about 10 minutes to prepare.
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