Egg Free, Dairy Free, Nuts Free Christmas Cookie Recipes 2014

Since it's Christmastime again, I thought I would do a post of our favorite Christmas cookies. Each year we like to try a few new varieties, but we also have our favorites that we make throughout the year and especially at Christmas. Since my girls love to bake, we like to make one or two different kinds each week starting after Thanksgiving. We eat some of them fresh, then I place the rest of the batch in Ziploc bags and place them in the freezer. They stay yummy but they aren't all eaten at once and we can enjoy them longer. My grandmother always had a freezer full of cookies for us, now my girls have them too. Plus, it is easier for me to resist them in the freezer. I guess it's out of sight out of mind. I also do this with unfrosted cupcakes so that Jazlyn always has a dessert for birthdays, get-togethers, or just because.


Our Cut Out Sugar Cookies must be made each Christmas because the girls look forward to cutting them out and decorating them. Plus, they know since they are more work they don't get them as often. If you ask the girls, they would say that this is their favorite cookie.



The Chocolate Fingers are another requested cookie. Again, they are more work, but the girls love them so much.



Daddy's Favorite Cinnamon Cookies. The name says it all. My husband isn't a big sweets person, but he loves these cookies.



My husband and I love the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are crispy on the outside with a slightly chewy center.



The girls love the cookies above, but they also love the Simply Amazing Chocolate Chip Cookies because they like rolling them in the sprinkles and they like the soft texture.



The Chocolaty Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfect when you need chocolate.



The Sunbutter Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies are my dad's favorite cookies. I love the different flavor that the Sunbutter gives them. I also like the texture of the oats for something different.




The Soft Drop Sugar Cookies are wonderful because they have a cakey texture and provide a different kind of cookie.



These Chocolate Drop Sugar Cookies are a yummy change to the traditional sugar cookie.

Christmas Cookies

I wanted to share with you the Christmas cookies we made for this year. Since we made so many different kinds, I decided to freeze them like my Grandmother used to do. I placed the baked cookies on a baking sheet with parchment paper in between the layers. Once frozen, I placed each kind in a labeled Ziploc bag to store in the freezer. The girls loved them right out of the freezer and we didn't have to worry about them getting stale. We gave some of the cookies to friends and family and they couldn't believe that all of the cookies were safe for Jazlyn because they were so good.
A few days ago we made.....

Sunbutter Oat Cookies (we left out the chocolate chips this time)
http://jazzyallergyrecipes.blogspot.com/2011/05/egg-free-dairy-free-nut-free-sunbutter.html

Cinnamon Cookies
http://jazzyallergyrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/04/daddys-favorite-cinnamon-cookies.html

Chocolate Chip Cookies
http://jazzyallergyrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/03/simply-amazing-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

Chocolate Drop Sugar Cookies
http://jazzyallergyrecipes.blogspot.com/2011/04/egg-free-dairy-free-nut-free-chocolate.html

Lemon Coconut Cookies  (we used an additional 1/2 cup of coconut and 1 1/2 tsp of lemon extract)
http://jazzyallergyrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/06/coconut-cookies.html

Today we made.....

Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
http://jazzyallergyrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/09/cut-out-sugar-cookies.html

I hope you have a happy and safe Christmas and a wonderful new year!!!!

Egg Free, Dairy Free, Nut Free Soft Drop Sugar Cookies

Jazlyn saw the big soft sugar cookies as we walked past the bakery in the grocery store. She said they looked good and she wanted me to make them for her. I've never attempted the drop sugar cookies because the recipe I used before Jazlyn's allergies required sour cream, buttermilk, eggs, etc. I told her I would try my best to figure out a recipe that would keep the cookies soft and fluffy. The result is a very simple, very soft and cakey drop sugar cookie that was a little too plain. I melted some safe chocolate chips and frosted the plain ones. The rest of the batches I sprinkled on a variety of sugar sprinkles, candy sprinkles and cinnamon sugar. Each one of the varieties was very good. I would also like to make a cookie icing and frost a few that way for even more variety. I love when one cookie can have a bunch of varieties.

Soft Drop Sugar Cookies

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup dairy free margarine, melted
1/2 cup oil
1 cup soy milk
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 tbsp vanilla extract
4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Combine the sugar, margarine and oil. Add the soy milk, applesauce and vanilla then mix again. Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt then mix until thoroughly combined. Drop by spoonfuls 1 1/2" apart onto parchment paper lined baking sheets. Bake at 350 for 7-9 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly browned.
* If desired, you can sprinkle cinnamon sugar or sprinkles onto the cookies before baking.
* Once cooled, you can frost the cookies with melted chocolate or a cookie frosting.

Egg Free, Dairy Free, Nut Free Gingerbread Houses

With it now turning the time of year to create gingerbread houses, I thought I would share our simple, fun and safe version. The pictures are of the wonderful houses the girls' made last year.

Gingerbread Houses

To make the houses easier and faster to get to the fun of decorating, we used graham crackers. I used hot glue to attach the crackers together because I knew we wouldn't be eating them and I wanted them very sturdy. Then I made a thick paste of confectioner's sugar and soy milk. The girls spread on some of the paste then put on the safe candy. We used licorice to cover the slight opening made where the graham crackers didn't quite come together. The girls spread some more of the paste on the bottom of the paste and sprinkled on flaked coconut to make the snow. They attached a homemade decorated cut-out sugar cookie tree in the yard. For a finishing touch, the girls made snowmen using the paste to stick together the marshmallow body. They used Dots candy for the hat, a folded fruit roll-up scarf and potato stick arms.
*  One note, this paste will stiffen and hold the candies, but we had the most success with the lighter candies. The heavier candies wanted to slide. As long as the girls were patient, they worked and turned out beautifully.