My Most Popular Diabetic-Friendly Christmas Cookies

Soft • Chewy • Spiced • Sugar-Free Holiday Magic

These cookies are absolute Christmas legends in my kitchen — the kind of cookies that disappear faster than you can pull the next batch from the oven. For years, I’ve made hundreds of these during the holidays (sometimes over 500!), and nobody can ever tell they’re sugar-free and diabetic-friendly.

They’re soft, gently spiced, rolled in a sparkling sugar-free coating, and packed with that nostalgic molasses-ginger flavor that makes Christmas feel like Christmas.

If you’ve been looking for a diabetic-friendly cookie that tastes just as magical as the original — you’ve officially found the recipe.

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❤️ Why This Recipe Works

✔ Soft & chewy with crisp edges
✔ Perfectly spiced (ginger, cinnamon, warm cloves)
✔ No aftertaste — even though they’re sugar-free
✔ Uses a tiny bit of molasses for real gingerbread flavor
✔ Great for batch baking & holiday gifting
✔ Freezer-friendly

These are foolproof and crowd-pleasing — even for people who don’t eat sugar-free!

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🎄 Diabetic-Friendly Ginger Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups almond flour
• ½ cup coconut flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• ¼ tsp salt

Wet Ingredients

• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ¾ cup granular monk fruit sweetener (or erythritol)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tbsp molasses (adds only 4g carbs to entire batch—still diabetic-friendly)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

For Rolling

• ¼ cup granular monk fruit sweetener

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✨ Instructions

1. Prep the Oven

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. Mix Dry Ingredients

In a bowl, whisk together:

• almond flour
• coconut flour
• ginger
• cinnamon
• cloves
• baking soda
• salt

3. Cream Butter & Sweetener

In a large bowl, beat:

• softened butter
• ¾ cup monk fruit sweetener

Mix until light and fluffy — about 2 minutes.

4. Add Egg, Molasses & Vanilla

Beat in:

• egg
• molasses
• vanilla extract

5. Add Dry Mix

Stir dry ingredients into wet until a soft dough forms.
Chill 20–30 minutes for easier rolling.

6. Roll & Coat

Scoop 1-inch balls. Roll them in the sugar-free sweetener until fully coated.

7. Bake

Place on prepared baking sheet with space to spread.
Bake 10–12 minutes — remove while centers still look slightly soft.

8. Cool

Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.

They firm up into the perfect soft-chewy holiday cookie!

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🍪 Texture Notes

These cookies are:

• soft in the middle
• lightly crisp on the edges
• perfectly spiced
• coated in a sparkling sugar-free crust

Exactly like classic molasses cookies — without the sugar crash.

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❄️ Make-Ahead & Freezing Tips

Freeze dough balls: Up to 3 months. Bake from frozen (add 1–2 minutes).
Freeze baked cookies: Up to 2 months, airtight.
Holiday bulk baking: Multiply the recipe ×10 to make 300+ cookies.

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❤️ Nutrition (per cookie)

(Approximate, based on 36 cookies)

• Net Carbs: ~2.5g
• Protein: 2g
• Fat: 5g
• Sugar: <1g

Perfect for diabetic-friendly, low-carb, and keto lifestyles.