12 Days of Vegan Holiday Cookies

Being vegan doesn’t mean giving up on the treasured ritual of holiday baking. Easy substitutions, creative workarounds, and the simple desire to make your cookies compassionate are the new baker’s tools. Today’s markets are full of delicious and simple alternatives to dairy and eggs–ingredients that were the foundation of holiday baking from Christmases past. Knowing that we can carry on tradition without animal products is a relief for many and an unexpected surprise for others. In the next two weeks that make up this festive season, we invite you to dig into 12 of our favorite vegan holiday cookies that we hope will make your list for giving–or eating! Classic Soft Sugar Cookies with Fluffy Vanilla Frosting Italian-Inspired Orange Rosemary Thumbprint Cookies Oatmeal Maple Cream Sandwich Cookies Chocolate Crackle Cookies Frosted Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies Linzer Tart Cookies Raspberry-Almond Shortbread Bars Snowballs (Russian Tea Cakes) Snickerdoodles Nutjammers Gingerbread People Maple-Glazed Pecan Blondie Bars