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You bake low-histamine Christmas cookies without cocoa, citrus zest, walnuts, raisins or egg white – and with butter, spelt, eggs, ground almonds and honey instead. That works for Spekulatius (speculoos cookies), Vanillekipferl (vanilla crescent cookies) and Heidesand (brown butter shortbread). How much histamine you tolerate is individual. If you have a medical condition, talk to your GP or a dietitian.
Cookies without cocoa, chocolate, citrus zest, walnuts, raisins or egg white – for example Spekulatius, Vanillekipferl with almonds, Heidesand or butter cookies. Every recipe here is checked with fixed rules: none of its ingredients is on our list of known histamine sources and histamine releasers, which is based on the SIGHI list.
Spekulatius made from flour, butter, egg, honey and spices contains no ingredient from our histamine list – the Spekulatius recipes here are low-histamine. Shop-bought Spekulatius can contain cocoa, candied lemon peel or additives, so check the ingredient list.
A large part of them is egg white, in the dough or the glaze. Egg white is on the SIGHI list as a histamine releaser. Our rule allows whole eggs and egg yolk – so you’ll find shortcrust cookies here, but no stars with a meringue glaze.
Yes, a few – made with ground almonds or hazelnuts instead of flour. Recipes that are low-histamine, gluten-free and lactose-free at the same time have their own collection.