Celebrate the season without the sugar overload and make these festive and fun Paleo cinnamon snowflake cookies!

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The first snow…

My little winter babes are still anticipating the first measurable snow approaching the first week of December, peeking their little nose at the windows each morning to see if today is the day! I seriously have no idea where they get it from {self proclaimed beach bum here…}, but growing up here my whole life, I do have to say that there is just something magical about that first snowfall!

Bringing a little snowfall to our kitchen!

So while we await fresh powder to play in outside, I decided to bring a little snowfall to the inside! These sweet little powdery snowflake cookies made the girls completely giddy, and I loved that my oldest could make the entire recipe on her own. Sure the littles in the house loved helping here and there. But there is just something about this age 8…bam! She is not one of the “littles” anymore…she is genuinely a huge help in the kitchen, and so mature it blows me away!

Ownership…

And while we are on that note…man, oh man. Do I ever get it. It takes a little extra time to let them help in the kitchen, doesn’t it? This “Type A” and “go go go” personality momma has really had to learn how to step back and let my kids do their thing. Especially this age. Ownership means the world to them. Being able to edify them in front of their family or peers that *they* made the cookies does amazing things for their confidence.

And that whole “life skills” thing is pretty important too. Believe me. Growing up in a microwave generation and having to teach myself to cook in my 20’s has given me a new appreciation for making sure this generation knows how to make themselves some food. Get your kiddos into the kitchen this holiday season and help them start mastering those kitchen skills – start somewhere!

The holiday sugar trap…

It’s a tough one, isn’t it? I have worked on this balance for years now, and feel like I’ve come up with some happy mediums so that we can both enjoy the fun of the holiday, but also stay healthy and well so that we can actually attend all of the parties and have some fun. Sugar does, after all, feed those sick bugs in our bodies, so party after party, and holiday event after event can really wreck havoc on little ones especially.

{You can read more tips on keeping kids healthy during the holiday season in this super important post!}

A game changing combo!

These cinnamon snowflake cookies are not only super adorable, but they make a much healthier choice for a sweet treat when your kiddos have been “sugar-ed out” and you still have some holiday parties to attend! The nut flour keeping the starches down, coupled with the lower glycemic coconut sugar, make for a winning combination to keep blood sugars at bay.

Ok, fine…coconut sugar…so, how does it taste???

So good! There is a warm, almost light molasses flavor to coconut sugar, so it really gives these cookies in particular a gingerbread cookie flavor with the added cinnamon. It is so festive! I’ve switched to coconut sugar almost exclusively in some of my baking and my family really enjoys the flavor.

Kid friendly serving sizes

Make ‘em small and super cute, dear momma! They won’t know any differently! Here are some super cute mini cookie cutters you can use to make at least 2 dozen cookies (I made over 30 with mine). So instead of having to break apart a huge cookie for your 4 year old, and they feel slighted for only getting half a cookie, they get to have a whole one! Or even 2!

A note on the powdered sugar…

If you have super little ones at home and no bigs…I’d just leave it off 😉 They really don’t know any differently, and the cookies taste amazing without it! If you have some older kiddos at home like I do…I’m telling ya…the illusion of these looking snow dusted with the powdered sugar is SO worth the look on their faces! Do it up! Grab an organic/non-GMO sourced powdered cane sugar, and let them shake it on. Just watch those sweet faces light up!

Ingredient notes

Five batches in, and I was able to at least narrow this one down to gluten, dairy, and egg free! I know, I know, my dear nut free friends! Sigh. I didn’t get to trying these with a seed meal – I really think a sunflower seed type deal just might work. Blend it up into a “flour” and give it a go! And please comment below if you tried it so others who need to be nut free may try. I feel like I worked out the rest of the common allergens like dairy, gluten, and egg though!

If you don’t have access to coconut sugar, then organic cane sugar will work fine. I also think that soaked, blended dates might work. I think honey or maple syrup will be too runny/sticky, but you could give it a try.

Paleo Cinnamon Snowflake Christmas Cookies Using Coconut Sugar

Renee - www.raisinggenerationnourished.com
Celebrate the season without the sugar overload and make these festive and fun Paleo cinnamon snowflake cookies!
5 from 26 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat the oven to 300 degrees.
  • Put all of the ingredients into a medium mixing bowl, and blend to combine. The dough should press together well. It shouldn’t be tacky or wet though. From here, you can either roll them right out, or refrigerate the dough until you are ready to roll it out. I have done both, and rolling out is easy both ways – I feel like the cut-outs came out of the cookie cutter a little easier when the dough was chilled.
  • To roll the dough out, you can either use parchment paper, or dust the counter with Cassava Flour. I have done both and they both work well. Roll out the dough, cut the snowflakes out, and place them on a Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet. I found that dipping my little cookie cutter into a bowl of olive oil made the cookies slide off the cutter easiest. Or dip in some cassava flour to flour it before cutting.
  • Bake the snowflakes at 300 degrees for 15 minutes. You can dust the cookies with the organic powdered cane sugar at this point. After they cool a couple minutes on the baking sheet, move them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Keyword cinnamon sugar cookies, gluten-free sugar cookie recipe
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66 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    These are precious, fun and exciting, Renee!! I Love that they’re egg-free. What a fun cooking craft to share with my youngest!!! 🙂 🙂 Thank you, we will have a jolly time; he will love this process and the outcome!!

  2. 5 stars
    I love how cute and festive these are, and I completely agree about the ownership part. My mom turned me loose in the kitchen where I was supposed to cook 1 dinner a week for our family, and I don’t know if I was much help, but she let me ask questions when I needed help, and I’ve been cooking non-stop ever since!

  3. 5 stars
    I have made a batch of these cookies to sample before bringing them to a cookie exchange. I thought the taste was great, but found the almond extract a little over powering. Can I substitute vanilla for almond?

  4. 5 stars
    These are so pretty Renee and love that they are gluten and dairy and egg free! I’m going to try some of these with my little boy for our Christmas Party next week, thanks for sharing!

  5. 5 stars
    These are so adorably pretty Renee, I’ve pinned this recipe everywhere 🙂 And I can’t believe how short and simple this recipe is! I was expecting it to be a lot more difficult as they look amazing. Yay!

    1. Hi Brittney! I have not tried subbing coconut flour. Coconut flour behaves really differently than almond flour in baking, so you would have to play around with the amount I’m sure!

    1. Hi Mary! I have not tried subbing another flour for the almond, but oat flour is quite different in baking than almond. I have not worked with tiger nut flour yet, so I’m not sure how that would work! Let us know if you find something that works for you, so others with the almond allergy might know what to use!

  6. 5 stars
    These are too cute! And I love how the little one is helping out. My youngest daughter and son love helping me and this is a super manageable idea for getting them involved.

  7. 5 stars
    We are making these cookies today! It is the first snow of our winter and these yummy little cinnamon gems are a delicious way to celebrate! Thank you for the wholesome ingredients!

  8. Is there a sub for the flax seed meal I could use? Is this used as a binder so I could sub an egg or chia seed? Thanks for the info and amount to sub in if chia would work.

  9. 5 stars
    This recipe is so good and easy! I forgot we were out of flax seed meal, so I used chia seeds instead and it was fine. We are going to make this for all of our holiday gatherings coming up. These cookies are so good with coffee!

  10. Do these freeze nice? I’m trying to make everything ahead of time that I can. I wasn’t quite sure about how to apply the powdered sugar if I do freeze. I would assume just wait until they thaw and then apply.