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The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Allergy-Free Christmas Cookie Recipes

December 12, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 16 Comments

Looking for the best gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free Christmas cookie recipes? This round-up is your resource for all the holiday and Christmas cookies you used to love, but now suitable for all your dietary, celiac, and food allergy needs! From gingerbread men to chocolate crinkles, snickerdoodles, sugar cookies, even shortbread!

I think it’s time to round-up ALL the delicious Christmas cookies here on Strength and Sunshine in one post! The holidays are prime time for baking and most of that baking happens to be cookie baking (right?) In this post you’ll find ALL the gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free cookies your heart desires! Everyone deserves a cookie (or 12) during the holidays and celiac disease and food allergies should never get in the way! Cookies for comfort baking, gifting, cookie exchanges, decorating with the kids, and of course…leaving for Santa!

Mini Gluten-Free Gingerbread Muffin Bites (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

December 10, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 25 Comments

A perfect little taste of the season! These healthy Mini Gluten-Free Gingerbread Muffin Bites are vegan, allergy-free, and baked full of gingerbread spice and deep molasses flavor! These kid-friendly muffins are great for breakfast, snacks, dessert, even at your next holiday party!

Besides chocolate and peppermint, gingerbread will always be my #1 favorite flavor of the holiday season! My love affair for the soft gingerbread men of my childhood will never dissipate! Not only in classic cookie form, but as coffee cake, doughnuts, cakes, pancakes, give me all the gingerbread! A soft mini muffin sounded like just the thing to appease that gingerbread craving any time it hits during the holidays!Read More

3-Ingredient Classic Gluten-Free Vegan Shortbread Cookies (Allergy-Free)

December 5, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 44 Comments

Traditional Scottish shortbread couldn’t be any easier! These soft 3-ingredient Classic Gluten-Free Vegan Shortbread Cookies are allergy-free and sugar-free! A simple sweet biscuit for coffee or tea and an essential holiday recipe!

And you thought you could no longer have your favorite buttery soft shortbread anymore! Don’t worry! You’ll still be able to swipe these sweet and soft Scottish biscuits from the cookie platter now that you have this gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free recipe! With this base recipe for allergy-free shortbread you’ll be able to add any flavors or add-ins your heart desires!Read More

Lofthouse-Style Soft Frosted Gluten-Free Vegan Sugar Cookies (Allergy-Free)

November 26, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 63 Comments

Everyone loves a light, buttery, and cakey Lofthouse sugar cookie! These Soft Frosted Gluten-Free Vegan Sugar Cookies are allergy-free, kid-friendly, with naturally colored sugar-free frosting, and a healthier copycat recipe for homemade Lofthouse cookies! From holiday desserts to birthday celebrations, you’ll be addicted!

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Sure, you could make classic cut-out sugar cookies for decorating, but no one can pass up one of the soft, cake-like, frosted gems that have been gracing grocery store shelves since 1994 from Lofthouse! Like a cake and a cookie all baked up into one delicious buttery, sweet, colorfully frosted treat! Can you still have this classic cookie even if you’re gluten-free, vegan, or have food allergies? Sure you can! With this easy copycat homemade version of the classic soft-baked frosted cookie, you’ll never have to miss out again!Read More

Gluten-Free Vegan Cranberry Bliss Bars {Squares!} (Allergy-Free)

November 21, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 56 Comments

An easy homemade copycat recipe for the classic seasonal Starbucks treat! Gluten-Free Vegan Cranberry Bliss Bars that are allergy-free, perfectly baked blondie cake squares, loaded with dried cranberries, vanilla, citrus, and dairy-free white chocolate drizzle!

Caveat, no, I’ve never had a Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar and initially, I had zero intention of these cranberry bliss “squares” to even be a copycat recipe. Alas, when all was said and done, that’s what came out of the Strength and Sunshine oven. Cranberry and white chocolate is such an iconic holiday combo; the perfect tart and sweet balance and just begging to be included on the holiday dessert table in some form or another!Read More