Lactose-free Christmas cookies and festive baking

Lactose-free here means no butter, milk, cream, quark or yoghurt. The cookies are baked with coconut oil, almond butter or ghee and sweetened with honey, maple syrup or coconut sugar. Ghee and long-aged hard cheese contain hardly any lactose, so they can appear.

All lactose-free Christmas cookies

Vegan spelt Spekulatius (speculoos cookies) with flaked almonds – 197 kcal
Candied almonds with coconut sugar and cinnamon – 182 kcal
Hazelnut Zimtsterne (cinnamon stars) with coconut sugar meringue – 189 kcal
Gluten-free Christmas Bethmännchen (marzipan almond cookies) with almonds and honey – 183 kcal
Vegan black and white cookies with spelt and cocoa – 211 kcal
Vegan Spritzgebäck (piped butter cookies) with almond butter and cocoa glaze – 318 kcal
Vegan Nussecken (nut triangles) with walnuts and apricots – 321 kcal
Paleo almond crescents with honey marzipan – 256 kcal
Vegetarian spelt cantuccini with hazelnuts and apricots – 184 kcal
Vegan Lebkuchen (German gingerbread) with spelt and maple syrup – 258 kcal
Coconut macaroons – 350 kcal
Paleo cinnamon cookies with pecans and dates – 221 kcal
Vegan yeasted star bread with hazelnut and date filling – 306 kcal
Vegan gingerbread energy balls with dates and walnuts – 180 kcal
Greek Christmas cookies with olive oil, honey and walnuts – 287 kcal
Vegan chocolate crunch clusters with amaranth and almonds – 139 kcal
Vegan stollen with apricots, walnuts and spelt – 327 kcal
Vegan Zimtsterne (cinnamon stars) with almonds and coconut glaze – 243 kcal
Paleo walnut cookies with maple syrup and orange – 267 kcal
Gluten-free tahini cookies with sesame and honey – 197 kcal
Gluten-free marzipan potatoes with almonds and honey – 143 kcal
Fruit loaf with figs, dates and walnuts – 149 kcal
Gluten-free hazelnut macaroons with honey and cinnamon – 220 kcal
Vegan orange and almond cookies with spelt – 192 kcal

Frequently asked questions

What can I use instead of butter in cookies?

Coconut oil, lactose-free butter, ghee or almond butter. Coconut oil makes shortcrust firmer – chill the dough well before you roll it out.

Is lactose-free the same as dairy-free?

No. Dairy-free means no dairy products at all. Lactose-free means no milk sugar. Ghee and long-aged hard cheese are dairy products with hardly any lactose – they can appear here, but not in dairy-free recipes.

Are there cookies without eggs or milk?

Yes, the vegan recipes here contain neither – for example vegan cinnamon stars, Vanillekipferl, Spekulatius and Lebkuchen.

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