Description
These Mini Chocolate Almond Flour Christmas Cookies are everything holiday baking should be—cute, festive, and irresistibly delicious! They’re made with almond flour, black cocoa, sunflower seed butter, and naturally colored chocolate. These cute little cookies are perfect for cookie platters, hot cocoa boards, and gifting, and they happen to be gluten-free, vegan, and so much fun to decorate.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened black cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup unsweetened sunflower seed butter
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
For Decorating
18-27 oz dairy-free white chocolate chips
2-4 teaspoons coconut oil, divided
9 oz dairy-free chocolate chips (used to make the little gingerbread men mixed with white chocolate)
Sprinkles
Snowflake candies
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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In a medium bowl, whisk together the almond flour, black cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, stir together the sunflower seed butter, maple syrup, and vanilla. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry mixture until a soft cookie dough forms. It should be easy to roll without crumbling; if needed, rest the dough for a few minutes to let the almond flour fully hydrate.
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Roll the dough 1/2-1 inch thick between two sheets of parchment paper. Use mini Christmas cookie cutters—trees, stars, stockings, snowflakes, gingerbread men, mittens, etc.—to cut out as many shapes as you can, re-rolling the dough until it is all used up. Gently transfer the cookies to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
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Bake the cookies at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 8-10 minutes—just long enough for the edges to set. The cookies will firm up as they cool, so avoid over baking.
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Allow the cookies to fully cool before decorating. This helps the chocolate coating adhere smoothly.
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Working with one color and one cookie shape at a time, melt 1/4 cup of white chocolate chips and 1/2 teaspoon of coconut oil using the double broiler method (see notes.) Add desired colored powder ½ teaspoon at a time. Adjust the intensity of the color by adding more or less powder (keeping in mind the more you add, the more the taste and texture may be altered).
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Using a fork, dip each cooled cookie into the melted chocolate and let the excess chocolate run off. Once coated, place on parchment paper and add sprinkles right away before the chocolate sets. Repeat for all of the remaining cookies.
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Repeat the melting, coloring, and coating process for the next set of cookie shapes, and so on.
For the trees (green): I used 1/4 cup white chocolate chips + 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil + 1 teaspoon matcha.
For the mittens (purple): I used 1/4 cup white chocolate chips + 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil + 1/2 teaspoon purple sweet potato powder.
For the stockings (pink): I used 1/4 cup white chocolate chips + 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil + 1 1/2 teaspoons pink pitaya powder.
For the snowflakes (blue): I used 1/4 cup white chocolate chips + 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil + just a pinch of blue spirulina powder to get that light blue. Blue spirulina is very concentrated.
For the gingerbread men (light brown): I used 1/4 cup white chocolate chips + 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil + 1/2 teaspoon regular chocolate chips. -
Let the coating harden completely either at room temperature or place in the fridge for about 20 minutes. If you’re drawing on the cookies with the edible marker, make sure the cookies are completely set before doing so. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge.
Notes
READ THE BLOG POST FOR MORE INFORMATION & TIPS!
I have found that using the double broiler method (slowly melting the chocolate in a heat-safe bowl over a pot of simmering water) works the best when using dairy-free white chocolate and food coloring powders vs. melting the chocolate chips in the microwave.
If you want to make more cookies, simply double the cookie dough recipe.
I used this mini Christmas cookie cutter and I used these nonparelis, and these wintery sprinkles.
Using edible markers is helpful when decorating cookies this small!
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Cookies