21 Best Gluten-Free Cookie Recipes for Every Occasion

Looking for the best gluten-free cookie recipes? This collection includes easy homemade cookies in a variety of flavors and textures, from chewy chocolate cookies to buttery shortbread and classic favorites. Whether you’re baking for a holiday, special occasion, bake sale, or simply want a delicious gluten-free treat, these cookie recipes are easy to make and perfect for sharing.

Tips for Making Gluten-Free Cookies

• Measure gluten-free flour carefully: For the most consistent results, use a kitchen scale when possible or spoon the flour into a measuring cup and level it off.
• Chill the dough when required: Some gluten-free cookie doughs need chilling to firm the dough and prevent the cookies from spreading too much. Follow the recipe’s instructions rather than assuming every dough needs to be chilled.
• Give the dough time to hydrate: Some gluten-free flours need a little time to absorb moisture, which can improve the texture of the finished cookies.
• Watch the baking time: Gluten-free cookies can dry out quickly, so start checking them a few minutes before the suggested baking time.
• Let cookies cool before moving: Many gluten-free cookies are delicate when warm and firm up as they cool. Let them sit on the baking sheet before transferring them to a rack.

21 Best Gluten-Free Cookie Recipes

Try one or more of these delicious gluten-free cookie recipes and find a new favorite for your cookie jar.

Gluten Free Linzer Cookie

These gluten-free Linzer cookies are a holiday staple at my place—crispy, almond-flour goodness with a jam filling that’s just impossible to resist.

Grain-Free Crescent Cookies

These grain-free crescent cookies remind me of old-school holiday baking—light, buttery, and dusted with powdered sugar, they’re the perfect festive treat.

Gluten-Free Holiday Cranberry Pistachio Cookies

These cranberry pistachio cookies are the perfect mix of tart cranberries, nutty pistachios, sweet maple syrup, and creamy white chocolate—basically everything you want in a holiday cookie.

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Gluten-Free Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

You know those chocolate crinkle cookies that vanish at every holiday party? Well, I’ve got a gluten-free version that’s just as addicting—maybe even better!

Gluten-Free Chai Spiced Thumbprint Cookies with a Little Holiday Twist

This gluten-free chai-spiced thumbprint cookie is a one-bowl wonder, packed with cozy holiday spices like cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger.

Grain-Free Snowball Cookie

These grain-free snowball cookies are buttery and tender with a delicate crumb, a hint of cinnamon, and a dusting of powdered sugar. They’re easy to make and wonderfully melt-in-your-mouth.

4-Ingredient Gluten-Free Coconut Cookies

These 4-ingredient gluten-free coconut cookies are super easy to make, even if you’re not much of a baker, and they taste like a little bite of coconut heaven. A perfect cookie for gift giving.

Gluten Free Gourmet Ginger Cookies

These gluten-free gourmet ginger cookies are the perfect holiday treat—spicy, sweet, and with just the right crunch. They taste like something from a fancy bakery, but are super easy to whip up.

Almond Meringue Cookies – Gluten Free

These pretty gluten-free almond meringue cookies are like little marshmallow-airy holiday clouds with the perfect nutty crunch from the sliced almonds. They just melt in your mouth. They feel so festive and special—like the kind of cookie that just belongs on a holiday plate.

Gluten-Free Fudgy Brownie Cookies

These gluten-free brownie cookies are rich, fudgy, and chewy with intense chocolate flavor. They taste like mini brownies but are quick and easy to make.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Swirl Shortbread Cookies

These 6-ingredient gluten-free shortbread cookies with a chocolate swirl are a holiday must, super simple and packed with chocolate and hint of vanilla.

Healthier Gluten-Free Snickerdoodle

These healthier gluten-free snickerdoodles are soft, chewy, and coated in cinnamon sugar. They’re an easy, delicious cookie for snacking, sharing, or gifting.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Molten Cookies

These gluten-free chocolate molten cookies are soft and fudgy with a rich, gooey chocolate center. They’re an indulgent treat that’s surprisingly easy to make.

Grain-Free Sugar Cookies with Maple Icing

These grain-free sugar cookies with maple icing are a total win—super easy to make, and perfect if you’re baking with kids. They’re fun to decorate too, so you can turn them into little holiday trees, snowflakes, or whatever festive shape you’re feeling.

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Mocha Cookie

These bakery-style gluten-free chocolate chip mocha cookies are chewy with crisp edges and a subtle mocha flavor, packed with chocolate chips and crunchy pecans.

Easiest Gluten Free Buckeye Cookies

You can’t go wrong with these 7-Ingredient Gluten-Free Buckeye Cookies! Not the classic—they’re healthier, extra delicious, and perfect for the holiday season.

Gluten Free Vanilla Shortbread Cookies

These gluten-free vanilla shortbread cookies are light, buttery, and delicately flavored with vanilla. They have a classic melt-in-your-mouth texture that makes them hard to resist.

Gluten-Free Cookie Taschen with Nutella

Okay, you have to try these gluten-free cookie taschen with Nutella. They’ve got that perfect mix of flaky and sweet, and the Nutella filling is like the holiday treat you never knew you needed—trust me, they’ll disappear fast.

Gluten-Free Thumbprint Cookies

It’s that time of year when the oven basically never gets a break and all the Christmas traditions start rolling in. And honestly, gluten-free thumbprint cookies are always at the top of our list. They’re so cute, so classic, and they just feel like pure holiday joy.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

A great chocolate chip cookie is a must on all holiday cookie platters. They are loved, nostalgic, and just feel like the holiday season wrapped up in one perfect, chocolate-studded treat.

Gluten-Free Easy Holiday Nutella Cookie

A great cookie for the kids is always a must on any holiday platter, and these Nutella cookies are perfect for that. They’re chocolaty, irresistibly delicious, gluten-free, and made with only six ingredients.

Hi, I’m Kristina, a gluten-free recipe developer creating and testing recipes since 2012. Every recipe on this site is made in my kitchen and personally tested (with the help of my very honest family!).

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