11 Diabetic-Friendly & Low-Glycemic Holiday Cookies

Planning your holiday baking? Browse this festive collection for ideas to share, gift, or add to the dessert table. Each recipe name below opens the full recipe with its ingredients and instructions.

  1. Chocolate Chip Peppermint Snowball CookiesChocolate Chip Peppermint Snowball CookiesChocolate Chip Peppermint Snowball Cookies

    Pecan snowballs hide miniature chocolate chips and crushed peppermint candy beneath a double powdered-sugar coating.

  2. Peanut-Butter Christmas ShortbreadPeanut-Butter Christmas ShortbreadPeanut-Butter Christmas Shortbread

    Stabilized peanut butter and a low-sugar dough produce thick, fork-marked shortbread with a dense nutty crumb.

  3. Low-Carb Gingerbread CookiesLow-Carb Gingerbread CookiesLow-Carb Gingerbread Cookies

    Small low-carb gingerbread diamonds with almond and coconut flour, an erythritol-based sweetener and no molasses.

  4. Low-Carb Spritz CookiesLow-Carb Spritz CookiesLow-Carb Spritz Cookies

    Low-Carb Spritz Cookies: buttery Christmas spritz cookies with title-specific flavor, shaping and finishing details.

  5. Jam Thumbprint Sugar CookiesJam Thumbprint Sugar CookiesJam Thumbprint Sugar Cookies

    Buttery sugar-cookie thumbprints with glossy raspberry-jam centers and a tender shortbread-style crumb.

  6. Brown Butter Espresso Chocolate CrinklesBrown Butter Espresso Chocolate CrinklesBrown Butter Espresso Chocolate Crinkles

    Browned butter, espresso powder and dark chocolate chips build a deep chocolate flavor beneath the white crinkle coating.

  7. Cinnamon AmarettiCinnamon AmarettiCinnamon Amaretti

    Soft almond cookies shaped into low oval pillows with a cinnamon-sugar crust, an Italian-style home variation.

  8. Macadamia White Chocolate Cranberry CookiesMacadamia White Chocolate Cranberry CookiesMacadamia White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

    Macadamia White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies with measured ingredients, drop shaping and clear oven cues for a holiday cookie box.

  9. Low-Sugar Gingerbread CookiesLow-Sugar Gingerbread CookiesLow-Sugar Gingerbread Cookies

    Low-sugar oat gingerbread rounds with an erythritol baking sweetener, a measured amount of molasses and no icing.

  10. Chestnut Rice-Flour Shortbread FingersChestnut Rice-Flour Shortbread FingersChestnut Rice-Flour Shortbread Fingers

    Pressed chestnut-and-rice shortbread fingers with a low-gluten, dry sandy crumb.

  11. Austrian-Style Cranberry Orange Linzer CookiesAustrian-Style Cranberry Orange Linzer CookiesAustrian-Style Cranberry Orange Linzer Cookies

    Almond cut-out cookies sandwich a tart cranberry-orange filling, with sugar-dusted windows on the top halves.