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Home » 40 Grain-Free Cookies You’ll Want to Make Now

40 Grain-Free Cookies You'll Want to Make Now

by Adrienne 17 Comments Published January 23, 2015 Updated: Dec 11, 2020

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40 Amazing Paleo Cookies Recipes. Who says special diets need to be boring? These cookies prove your diet can be healthy and delicious too.

Do you love cookies but you are avoiding eating grains? Here is an amazing collection of 40 scrumptuous grain-free cookies to satisfy your cookie-loving desire.

40 Amazing Paleo Cookies Recipes. Who says special diets need to be boring? These cookies prove your diet can be healthy and delicious too.

We've made a lot of changes to our diets over the years and the most recent change being a move to eating less grain. We're not completely grain free, but seeing as so many others are trying to move more and more in that direction I thought that you all might appreciate an assortment of Paleo Cookies to give you healthier options, not only for the Holidays, but for all year round.

In my family, we've gone sugar free due to candida, removed dairy, eggs, and other foods from my son's diet (and mine when I was breastfeeding) due to his life-threatening food allergies, then my son went gluten free due to his autism, and now, since gluten is implicated in so many problems such as thyroid disease, the whole family is gluten free.

Now, as we are seeking to improve our gut health, we are going more and more grain free.

We eat a lot of protein, veggies, some fruits and some beans, but grains are less and less making their showing in our kitchen.

It's hard enough to figure out sides when your family is used to eating rice (or pasta) and such, but especially when baking, grain flours are the staple.

So I've been gathering some yummy Grain Free Cookie Recipes for our family, and now for you all as well.

I hope these recipes are a blessing to you and your family as you seek to explore new ways to improve your health as well.

All of the following are grain-free cookies and they are also paleo cookies, meaning they contain no milk or butter. However, most use higher carb sweeteners and some use eggs.

Here is what I do to substitute in those cases.

For the most part, if the recipe's base is almond (or another nut or seed) flour, then an egg substitute such as my Powdered Egg Replacer or a flax, chia, or gelatin will work pretty much for any recipe. Of course, the Powdered Egg Replacer has starch so it isn't the best choice for low carb diets. Here is my post on how to make a flax egg.

And if you are eating lower carb like we are, you can use coconut sugar or palm sugar, or go totally lower carb by using xylitol, erythritol, or stevia extract as your sweetener..

To use xylitol, just sub in 1:1 for the sweetener being used and you'll be pretty accurate.  For stevia extract, use 2 scoops, or 1/16 tsp for each 1/8 cup of sweetener. Here's a post on stevia to help you out with that.

You can also use my Homemade Chocolate Chips for a lower-carb option for any cookie that has chips or chunks in it.

If a recipe contains fruit, you can replace it with coconut, nuts, or a sugar-free chocolate or carob chip if the dried fruit was intended for a low-carb option.

40 Amazing Paleo Cookies Recipes. Who says special diets need to be boring? These cookies prove your diet can be healthy and delicious too.

40 Grain-Free Cookies

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Double-Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies

Double chocolate and almond in a cookie? You betcha! I personally would use my Homemade Chocolate Chips or a low-carb store-bought option for these. If you want to try a vegan option, then I would use my Homemade Egg Replacer for the egg.  Don't these look fantastic?

Double Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies

Chewy Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Sea Salt

I'm a complete sucker for salt and chocolate and these cookies look like the perfect way to satisfy that craving!
If you are on a low-carb diet, use xylitol for the sweetener and low-carb chocolate chips or my homemade ones for the chocolate.

Chewy Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Grain-Free Spice Cookies

These cookies are perfect for the anytime of year including the Holiday season, and work for the AIP diet too!

Secret-Ingredient Gingerbread Cookie Bites

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Keto Snowball Cookies

 Chocolate Chip Coconut Macadamia Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin Pie Snowball Cookies

Pumpkin Pie Snowball Cookies

No-Bake Coconut Delights

Coconut Cookies Drizzle Side View.jpg

Paleo No-Bake Christmas Cookies

Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies {egg-free, Paleo, gluten free}

Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies

Tahini Molasses Cookies

Tahini Molasses Cookies

Triple Ginger Cookies

Eliminate the candied ginger for a low-carb option.

Chocolate Nut Butter Cookies

Cranberry Orange Icebox Cookies

Substitute orange juice with 1 T xylitol and 1 T orange zest for a low-carb option.

Cranberry Orange Icebox Cookies

Grain-Free Almond Butter Cookies

Looking for a Healthy Cookie Recipe? These Paleo Cookies are made with Almond Butter and are easily adaptable for special diets, these are grain, sugar, egg, and dairy-free. They come together quickly and freeze well too.

Flourless Cashew Cookies

Ginger Cookies with Coconut Cream Icing

Classic Pizzelles Like Grandma Used to Make Plus a Grain-Free Version

Use the second recipe, which is the grain-free version, since the first one contains gluten. You can try substituting the arrowroot with almond flour or a low-carb blend for a low-carb option, but it won't necessarily work.

Grain-Free Pizzelles

Cranberry Cherry Chocolate Chili Biscotti 2 Ways

Use the first recipe, which is the grain-free one, because the other one contains gluten. Substitute 2 T xylitol and 2 T orange zest for the orange juice, as well as substitute the arrowroot with glucomannan, for low-carb options.

Double Trouble Paleo Chocolate Cookies

Substitute a low-carb baking blend or almond flour for a low-carb option.

Double Trouble Chocolate Cookies

Paleo Mexican Hot Chocolate Brownie Cookies

Rosemary Shortbread Cookies

Grain-Free Cinnamon Raisin Breakfast Cookies

These Grain-Free Paleo Breakfast Cookies are egg free with low-carb and nut-free options. You can have these Grain-Free Breakfast Cookies any time of the day. They're super filling too!

3-Ingredient Cookies

Paleo Matcha Green Tea Thumbprint Cookies

Green Tea Thumbprint Cookies

Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies

Use a low-carb jam for a low-carb option.

Jam-Filled Thumbprint Cookies

Not Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Substitute xylitol and/or stevia for the dates for a low-carb option.

Coconut Plantain Snickeroons

These would be hard to make low-carb because they contain a plantain. You could maybe try coconut butter. Here's how to make it yourself.

Coconut Plantain Snickeroons

Eggnog Cookies

egg nog cookies on a glass plate

Toasted Chocolate and Coconut Fudge Macaroons

Toasted Chocolate and Coconut Macaroons

Almond Crescent Cookies

keto almond crescent cookies on black plate

Chocolate-Chunk Salted Caramel No-Bake Cookies

Chocolate-Chunk Salted Caramel No-Bake Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

For a low-carb option, you can try substituting almond flour or a low-carb blend for the arrowroot, but it won't necessarily work.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hemp Seed Butter Cookies

Hemp Seed Butter Cookies

Grain-Free Blueberry Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Substitute glucomannan for the arrowroot if needed. Regarding the fruit substitution that I mentioned at the top of the post, don't worry about that for these because blueberries are a low-carb fruit.

Blueberry Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Gluten-Free Shortbread Cookies

For low-carb, substitute almond flour or a low-carb baking blend for the tapioca flour.

Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

So now the question is--which one will you be baking first?  
Everyone run to the kitchen and get baking!

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  1. Anonymous

    June 05, 2020 at 4:59 am

    Thanks for sharing this roundup!

    Reply
  2. Judi

    July 17, 2017 at 2:57 pm

    Hi,
    My husband has food sensitivities that are just recently discovered. He has been really good but is missing something desserty. I am looking for a chocolate cookie that has no sugar(maple, honey, granulated sugar of any kind), no wheat, no coconut flour (or shredded), no eggs and no applesauce. I'd like to use dairy free unsweetened chocolate.I'm thinking of maybe taking something like prunes and stewing them to use as something sweet. Would love any ideas.
    Thanks,
    Judi

    Reply
    • Adrienne

      July 19, 2017 at 9:14 pm

      Hi there. Can he have stevia? Would this work? https://wholenewmom.com/recipes/chocolate-mint-cookies-gluten-free-cookies-vegan-cookies/

      Reply
  3. Hannah

    December 10, 2016 at 2:41 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing this. While I have been gluten free for years now, I have recently discovered I also have severe allergies to rice and corn. I was so excited to stumble upon your list of grain free cookies, especially with the holidays right around the corner!

    Reply
    • Adrienne

      December 10, 2016 at 11:16 pm

      Hello Hannah! Nice to hear from you!

      I am so sorry about your newly discovered allergies. How terrible? How did you discover that? Have you tried the Almond Joy Bars on my site? They are a real favorite. Oh - these! https://wholenewmom.com/recipes/snickerdoodle-cookie-dough-balls/

      I get compliments on them regularly. Merry Christmas!

      Reply
  4. Audrey @ Gluten-Free Vegan Love

    January 27, 2015 at 1:20 am

    What a lovely collection, Adrienne -- can't wait to check them all out! 🙂

    Reply
    • Adrienne

      February 01, 2015 at 9:00 pm

      Thanks! Your comments keep going to spam - so sorry! I think it's the @ that you are putting in.

      Reply
      • Audrey | Unconventional Baker

        February 06, 2015 at 12:43 pm

        No worries -- maybe with the new email this will no longer be a problem 😉

        Reply
        • Adrienne

          February 06, 2015 at 10:31 pm

          Nope - ended up in spam again. Maybe don't put your blog name after your blog. I think that's what's throwing it. I am looking into possibly changing spam catchers but I am swamped right now :).

          Reply
          • Audrey

            February 06, 2015 at 10:36 pm

            Oh, brother! 🙂 Well, trying again {without the blog name}. But I hear ya -- who has the time to sift through all the spam...

            Reply
            • Adrienne

              February 06, 2015 at 10:38 pm

              Woot! That's the ticket :)!

              Reply
              • Audrey

                February 06, 2015 at 10:58 pm

                Hooray! 🙂

                Reply
                • Adrienne

                  February 06, 2015 at 11:14 pm

                  Happy dance here too - comment victory :)!

                  Reply
  5. Jill@JillsHomeRemedies

    January 23, 2015 at 9:14 pm

    Wow what an awesome list! I'm currently battling candida and this will be a great source for me!

    Reply
    • Adrienne

      January 23, 2015 at 9:32 pm

      Thanks so much, Jill! Candida is horrid. But these should help w/ the low carb subs!

      Reply
  6. Raj @ www.ThePrimalDesire.com

    January 23, 2015 at 8:03 pm

    Killer list!!!

    Thanks for including our Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies, these all look great.

    Reply
    • Adrienne

      January 23, 2015 at 8:21 pm

      You are so welcome! Those cookies look GREAT! I can't look at the post too much....

      Reply
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