What better way to celebrate the holidays than by baking up some Gluten-Free Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies? These super easy Christmas cookies are vegan, allergy-free, and perfect for the kids to help bake and decorate! A simple cut-out sugar cookie recipe with festive icing and fun decorations that you can gift or enjoy yourself!
Christmas is all about cookie baking, eating, and decorating which means you can never have too many options! If you're looking for a perfect gluten-free cut-out sugar cookie that has all the festive flair then these adorable Christmas tree cookies are a must!
Ingredients You Need
- Gluten-Free Baking Flour: I like to use a 1 to 1 baking flour for a lighter, sweeter cookie, rather than all-purpose.
- Baking Powder
- Commercial Egg Replacer: Any powdered egg replacer will do!
- Vanilla Extract
- Granulated Sugar Sweetener: Use your favorite granulated sugar or sweetener.
- Vegan/Allergy-Free Butter: You just need 1 full stick of your favorite allergy-free butter.
- Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk
Simple Icing & Decorations
- Powdered Sugar Sweetener: Use your favorite powdered sugar or sweetener.
- Water
- Vanilla Extract
- Natural Green Food Coloring
- Corn Syrup*: This is 100% optional, but a small dab of corn syrup will make your icing shiny.
- Christmas Tree Sprinkle Candy: I used a little sprinkle set from Wilton. You can use whatever allergy-free decorations you can find.
Making Your Cut-Out Christmas Tree Cookies
- Mix your dry ingredients together, then add in the cold butter and wet ingredients. Knead the dough with your hands and then let it chill for at least 30 minutes so your cookies won't spread!
- Once the dough is nice and cold, roll it out to about ¼-inch thickness (you can roll a bit thinner for a crispier cookie or thicker for a softer cookie). Then use Christmas Tree-shaped cookie cutters and cut out as many trees as possible with the dough. The amount will vary depending on the size of your cookie cutter.
- Then bake them at 350°F for just about 10 minutes until they are just slightly golden around the edges. Time may vary depending on the thickness of your cookies!
- Then let them cool on a wire rack completely before you commence the decorating!
Check out the video for visual tips!
Decorating The Cookies
You can decorate your tree sugar cookies however you want, but for a little direction, here's what I did:
Simple Green Icing:
- Start with your powdered sugar and then add just enough water for the icing to be thick, but spreadable. It should be able 1 tablespoon per cup of sugar.
- Add as many drops of green food dye as you want to get your perfect shade of Christmas tree green! You can also add a tiny dab of light corn syrup if you want your icing to dry with a nice shiny sheen!
Once you have the icing mixed, you can use it to either spread onto the cookies or using an icing decorator or small squeeze bottle to first outline the cookie and then flood the cookie with icing to fill. Obviously, if you have the kids making these, they don't need to look perfect, but if you are making them, you may want more precision! Then before the icing dries, add some fun confetti-style sprinkles as ornaments and a star on top!
Gift Them or Enjoy Them Yourself
This "little forest" of cute Christmas tree cookies is perfect for cookie swapping, packaging up for a yummy edible gift during the holidays, and of course enjoying them yourself with the family! They're completely:
- Gluten-Free
- Vegan
- Allergy-free (Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, Egg-Free, Nut-Free, Peanut-Free, Wheat-Free, Sesame-Free, Corn-Free, Coconut-Free)
- Low in Sugar
- Kid-Friendly
- Quick and Easy
Your decorated vegan cookies will be best if eaten within 2 weeks at room temperature in a sealed container. You can also freeze undecorated cookies for about 6 months for best results! Thaw them in the fridge before decorating as normal!
Christmas Tree Sugar Cookie Recipe
Gluten-Free Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies (Vegan, Allergy-Free)
What better way to celebrate the holidays than by baking up some Gluten-Free Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies? These super easy Christmas cookies are vegan, allergy-free, and perfect for the kids to help bake and decorate! A simple cut-out sugar cookie recipe with festive icing and fun decorations that you can gift or enjoy yourself!
- Prep Time: 30 Minutes
- Cook Time: 10 Minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 16-20 Cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies:
- 2 Cups Gluten-Free Baking Flour
- ½ Tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Cup Granulated Sweetener (or preferred granulated sugar)
- 1 Prepared Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacer
- 1 Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- 1 Stick Vegan/Allergy-Free Butter (cold, cubed)
- 1 to 2 Tsp Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk (as needed)
Green Cookie Icing & Decorations:
- 2 Cups Powdered Sweetener (or preferred powdered sugar)
- 2 TB Water (as needed)
- ½ Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- Natural Green Food Coloring (as needed)
- 1 Tsp Light Corn Syrup* (optional)
- Christmas Tree Sprinkle Candy
Instructions
For the Cookies:
- In a large mixing bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and sweetener together.
- Add the prepared egg replacement, vanilla extract, and cubed cold butter. Mix everything together and then knead with your hands to break up the butter, until everything is combined. Add teaspoons of milk is needed to get the dough hydrated.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes to 1 hour in the fridge, while you preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Roll the chilled dough out between parchment paper to about ¼ inch thickness.
- Use a tree-shaped cookie cutter to cut out as many trees as possible with the dough. Reroll the dough as needed.
- On a parchment paper or Silpat lined baking sheet, space out the cookies and bake them in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes, until they are just golden around the edges.
- Remove the cookies and let them cool for 1 to 2 minutes on the baking sheet before cooling completely on a wire rack.
For the Icing & Decorations:
- In a bowl, add the powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of water. Mix together until you get a thick but drizzly icing. Add more powdered sugar if it is too runny. Add more water if it is too thick.
- Now add the vanilla (and corn syrup if using) and just enough green coloring to achieve a nice vibrant evergreen.
- Use an icing decorator or small squeeze bottle to first outline the cookie and then flood the cookie with icing to fill or simply use the back of a spoon to spread the icing on the cookies.
- Before the icing dries, add your sprinkle decorations.
- Allow the cookies to set before enjoying or storing in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
*Corn syrup will make your finished cookies have that nice shiny sheen to them. This is 100% optional.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookies
Simple, fun, and adorable, right? Add these gluten-free Christmas tree cookies to your Christmas cookie baking tradition and enjoy an allergy-free bite of festive cheer!
More Classic Christmas Cookies:
- Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies
- Classic Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies
- Gluten-Free Snickerdoodles
- Vegan White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Lofthouse-Style Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies
- Iced Thumbprint Cookies
So tell me:
+ Tell me about your Christmas cookie traditions!
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Helen
We loved these! The cookies were very easy to make, thank you!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Woohoo! They are a great basic sugar cookie!
Bethany
These are so cute, thanks for sharing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Enjoy!
Cindy
These look so simple and fun to make and eat! I love it!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Awesome, thanks!
Allie
These look gorgeous! I would love to give them as Christmas gifts but I know that my family will eat them all first! Thanks for another great allergy-friendly recipe!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, that's why you've just got to make (many) batches!
Laura Ferreira
Love this! these are great for Christmas baking!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Awesome, enjoy!
Damaris Russell
These look so cute! I haven't baked anything for Christmas yet oops.. Will pin your recipe though. 💕
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Guess you're baking these then!
Ann Syson
Have you ever experimented with completely grain-free flour? Sadly, I cannot have any grains... I have not found a cookie recipe yet that would work - these look DELICIOUS!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I have some grain-free cookies on the site. Remember, that grain-free flours are not really "flours". They are just (i.e) grounded up nuts or some sort.
Brandi L Brown
These came out so cute!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Andrea Sprague
Gluten free and egg free can be such a challenge. Nice to see that you were able to do both. And I really like Bob's Red Mill flours. Such pretty little cookies that even I can eat!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It's the most readily available flour brand, haha!
Patricia P
Thank you for this awesome recipe. I use to make sugar cookies with my mother. Now I can make them with my kids again.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Aren't they just so fun??