This no-chill gluten-free gingerbread cookie recipe is soft, chewy, full of spice, and perfect for the holiday season. It makes it easy to have your favorite Christmas cookie in minutes rather than hours! The whole family will love making and decorating these festive cookies.

Perfect for busy days - My whole goal with creating this recipe was to bring back my favorite, nostalgic gingerbread cookies I remembered as a little girl but to do it on a time crunch. So I worked and worked on the recipe until I found the one that doesn't require chill time. Yay!

One recipe, used different ways - One thing I love about this recipe is that you can make the gingerbread into gingerbread men, Christmas trees, or pieces for gingerbread houses. There are so many ways to get creative which is why they're my favorite Christmas cookie!

Perfect pairing - They go great with holiday drinks especially if you have a theme like gingerbread. I make multiple batches of our gluten free sugar cookies and serve these gingerbread cookies with a gingerbread martini mocktail for a perfectly spiced dessert.

So easy to make - Like in our gingerbread pancakes, you can make classic gingerbread cookies with gluten-free flour. I like to use King Arthur's gluten-free flour.

Here is what you need...

These gluten free gingerbread men cookies call for simple baking ingredients. You probably have most of them in your pantry already. See the recipe card for the full list of ingredients.

Butter - Butter gives these cookies texture, structure, and tenderness. I like using barely room temperature unsalted butter instead of coconut oil or another fat source for best results.

Pro Tip: Make sure the butter isn't too soft. This is especially important if you want them to be no chill cookies. If your butter is too soft, you will need to chill them for 30 minutes before rolling and baking.

Sweetener - For this recipe, you'll need brown sugar and molasses. The flavor is so warm and perfect in these cookies!

Spices - The blend of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves is what gives this recipe the gingerbread taste.

Gluten-free flour - I think that King Arthur's gluten free measure for measure flour works the best in these cookies. I find that it works best in most gluten-free recipes and is the one I would recommend if you want consistent results.

I would not recommend using almond flour or coconut flour as it will change the texture of the cookies in this recipe.

Let's make some cookies!

This no-chill easy recipe is perfect for last minute Christmas baking. Use cookie cutters and your favorite colored frosting to decorate these festive cookies. See the recipe card for the full instructions.

Gluten Free Gingerbread being made — I like to start by beating together the sugars and butter then adding molasses and egg

Pro tip: Allowing 5-10 minutes for your cookies to cool down is optimal. Your cookies will cool down faster if you place them on a wire rack rather than leaving them on a cookie sheet. Store them in an airtight container, or plastic wrap, in the fridge or freezer if saving for later and make sure they are fully cooled.

This recipe was originally posted in November 2017 but was updated June in 2022. This is a photo of the ones my kids decorated and an original photo using a similar recipe that I built off of to create this no-chill recipe that is also a touch sweeter.