20+ Healthy Christmas Cookies

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Tis the season to start baking! We’re sharing 20+ healthy Christmas cookies today featuring some of our absolute favs: Healthy Christmas Sugar Cookies, Shortbread Cookies, Buckeyes, and more!

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It’s Healthy Christmas Cookies Time

We started Christmas cookie testing a few months ago and I’m so excited about all of the delicious and healthy holiday cookie recipes we have coming to Fit Foodie Finds. From Chewy Ginger Cookies to a yummy Peanut Butter Blossoms, we’ve got something for everyone.

But first, here is a little list of healthy holiday baking staples that we like to have on hand every year for making Healthy Christmas Cookies!

Healthy Holiday Baking Staples

  • white whole wheat flour
  • superfine almond flour
  • dark chocolate chips
  • coconut oil
  • coconut sugar
  • maple syrup
  • eggs
  • molasses
  • coarse sea salt
  • vanilla and almond extract
  • all-natural nut butters (peanut, almond, and cashew)
  • cocoa powder
  • ground cinnamon
  • ground nutmeg
  • ground ginger

Fav Christmas Cookies –> White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

Made with white chocolate chips and dried cranberries, these oatmeal cookies are so easy to make…and festive!

These cookies are a spin off of our famous 5-Star Healthy Oatmeal Cookies and we know you’ll love them just as much…maybe even more.

They’re made with whole grains (oats and white whole wheat flour) and are sweetened with a little brown sugar. They’re chewy, sweet, and so delish with a cup of of coffee!

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White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies (+ More Healthy Christmas Cookies)

Make these White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies this holiday season for a festive twist on classic oatmeal cookies
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 14 minutes
Total: 34 minutes
Servings: 16
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Ingredients 

Wet

Dry

Optional Toppings

  • white chocolate chips
  • sea salt

Instructions 

  • First, preheat oven to 350ºF and spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Next, cut cold butter into 1-tablespoon pads and place into a stand mixer.
  • Add brown sugar and then turn your stand mixer on to low/medium.
  • Cream butter and sugar together until there are no more lumps of butter and the consistency is smooth. This should take around 5 minutes.
  • While the butter is creaming, lightly pulverize rolled oats in a food processor. The goal here is to still have some chunks of oatmeal, but also have some oat flour. Then, transfer into a large bowl.
  • Add white whole wheat flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt to the same large bowl and mix until combined.
  • Once the butter has creamed, add egg and vanilla extract and mix on medium until combined. Make sure not to over mix!
  • Slowly add the dry ingredients to wet and mix on medium until a dough has formed. You may need to stop to scrape the bottom of your mixer. The consistency should be a little bit sticky, but have the ability to form into a ball.
  • Finally, add in white chocolate chips and dried cranberries and mix one final time on medium to combine.
  • Use a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop to scoop dough into your hands. Roll into a ball and then slightly flatten between your palms. Place on a cookie sheet and repeat. 8 cookies should
  • Optionally add a few more white chocolate chips to the tops of each cookie.
  • Bake at 350ºF for 12-14 minutes.
  • Once the bottoms are golden brown, remove from cookie sheet immediately and transfer to a cooling rack.
  • Top with optional sea salt before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 206 kcal, Carbohydrates: 30 g, Protein: 3 g, Fat: 8 g, Fiber: 2 g, Sugar: 20 g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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And now, feast your eyes on 20 healthy Christmas cookies perfect for the holidays! Leave a comment letting us know what your favorite is!

Top 5 Healthy Christmas Cookies

Since we have way too many to choose from, we thought we’d make it easy for you and pick out our top 5 Healthy Christmas Cookies. Here they are!

Hot Cocoa Cookies

These delicious hot cocoa cookies are made with almond butter, cocoa powder, and coconut sugar making them paleo and gluten free!

hot cocoa cookies

Holiday Buckeyes

Made with peanut butter and protein powder, this buckeye recipe is a great healthy alternative to traditional buckeyes. Whip up a batch of these healthy buckeyes to share with family and friends this holiday season!

buckeyes in bowl

Shortbread Almond Flour Cookies

Add these Shortbread Almond Flour Cookies to the menu for your next get together! These shortbread cookies are buttery, gluten free, and easy to whip up in no time. Enjoy!

shortbread cookies

Chewy Ginger Cookies

The most amazing soft ginger cookies with a crinkly outside and soft and chewy inside. You’ll never want to eat any other cookie again!

Healthy Iced Oatmeal Cookies

The most delicious iced oatmeal cookies perfect for any time of year. Bonus – these oatmeal cookies are lightened up with part whole wheat flour and coconut oil!

iced oatmeal cookie in drying rack

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About Lee Funke

Lee is the founder of Fit Foodie Finds and based in Minneapolis, MN. She started this website in 2010 as a way to share her love for real food and wellness. The internet has changed so much since then and so has Fit Foodie Finds. Today we're a female-run recipe website publishing hundreds of tried and true recipes developed and tested by our team.

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dehydrating person
September 18, 2021 1:37 pm
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4 stars
, i love lettuce wraps. I have been wanting to make them for my husband so he will stop eating bread. His work doesn’t allow to stop and eat healthy salad.

Emily
January 25, 2021 11:07 am

I love healthy cooking and special thanks for this healthy foodie tips.

Gourmet
December 1, 2020 2:38 pm
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Thank you for recipes
Merry Christmas!

classickitchensupplies
February 11, 2020 1:14 am

I can’t seem to figure out what the cookie is in the picture with the buckeyes. It looks like it might be some sort of shortbread cookie and half dipped in chocolate with white, green, and red sprinkles. Which one is that? Looks delicious!

Healthy Kitchen 101
December 25, 2018 12:48 am

You truly make me so confused of choosing cookies for my Christmas feast 😆 They all seem amazing!! It seems like people get fat after every holiday 😅 Merry Christmas Lee and your team and your family btw 🙂
– Natalie

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Victoria
December 10, 2018 1:44 pm

I can’t seem to figure out what the cookie is in the picture with the buckeyes. It looks like it might be some sort of shortbread cookie and half dipped in chocolate with white, green, and red sprinkles. Which one is that? Looks delicious!

Cassie Autumn Tran
December 6, 2018 10:13 am

I always LOVE a good cookie collection. Yesterday, my co-food coordinator and I created vegan sugar chocolate chip cookies and vegan gingersnaps alongside vegan mushroom stroganoff! We cannot wait to serve them at our food science club meeting today. However, I wish I drew some more inspiration from here–the no-bake peanut butter cookies, vegan peppermint patties, raw gingerbread cookies, cinnamon carrot cookies, and pecan pie bars sound absolutely magnificent! Time to get baking, AGAIN!