Each book in The 2024 Best Gluten-Free Vegan Baking Cookbook List consists of recipes without animal products. This post celebrates incredible bakers and experienced chefs who devote their time to creating recipes without gluten, wheat, eggs or dairy. A few cookbooks include nut-free recipes; some are free of the top 9 allergens.
By Chantal Secours, Culinary Nutrition Expert, creator of Fresh is Real and new cookbook author.
With the increasing demand for allergen-friendly recipes, there’s no better time for this list. Please reach out if you know of recent gluten-free, vegan baking cookbooks; I would love to add more to my list.
Why Bake Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes?
Perhaps you already avoid gluten and must learn to bake without eggs and dairy. Or maybe you’ve been preparing plant-based recipes and vegan dishes for a long time, but you’ve recently had to eliminate gluten.
Whether you need recipe inspiration for the whole family or are searching high and low for great gluten-free, vegan recipes, trust these bakers to help you make treats with your dietary restrictions in mind.
Some people are gluten-free eaters because of health conditions such as celiac disease, gluten intolerance or an autoimmune disease. For others, their priority is helping the planet and the animals by baking and cooking plant-based dishes with local fresh produce and sustainable whole food ingredients.
Knowing how to bake with ingredients other than wheat and animal products is handy when food shortages occur. Making pancakes or bread recipes without gluten, eggs, or dairy is possible and simpler than one might realize. Plus, you’ll get to try new grains, pseudograins and grain-free ingredients.
And, if some of your family members can eat whatever they want, let them. At some point, they might want to try and eventually appreciate healthier treats with natural ingredients that are also plant-based/vegan and allergen-friendly.
The 2024 Best Gluten-Free Vegan Baking Cookbook List
The listed cookbooks are all gluten-free and vegan, but I love that each offers something unique. Some books focus on healthier recipes, and a few are for people with multiple food allergies. Many recipes have baked goods without refined sugar, oil, corn or legumes (bean-free).
To learn more about gluten-free and vegan ingredients, any of these gorgeous cookbooks with beautiful pictures will be helpful. The best way to know if they are specifically right for you is to view each book on Amazon (or wherever books are sold) and read the cookbook description and sample.
A few raw dessert cookbooks are on this list. Recipes with raw ingredients, specifically gluten-free, vegan treats, can sometimes be labour-intensive. They are often well worth the extra time to make. Those books could be an excellent choice if you’re not allergic to nuts.
Bread recipes without gluten/wheat, eggs, dairy or other gluten-free ingredients can be specific to each person’s dietary requirements and are often what beginner bakers need the most help with. Some bread cookbooks on the list include grain-free recipes, quick bread without yeast, yeasted loaves and gorgeous sourdough recipes.
Vegan & Gluten-Free Cookbooks
Have fun discovering bakers who work hard to develop creative recipes that are also delicious.
Listed in no particular order.
The Beginner’s Guide To Gluten-Free Vegan Baking
by Gina Fontana
60 Easy Plant-Based Desserts for Any Occasion
Creator of Healthy Little Vittles
Gluten-Free Vegan Baking for Every Occasion
by Sara McGlothlin
75 Classics & New Creations to Celebrate
Creator of Sara McGlothlin
Decadent Gluten-Free Vegan Baking
by Cara Reid
Delicious Gluten-, Egg- and Dairy-Free Treats and Sweets
Creator of Forks and Beans
Vegan Chocolate Treats
by Emma Hollingsworth
100 Easy Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free and Refined-Sugar-Free Recipes
Creator of Mrs Hollingsworth
Learning To Bake Allergen-Free
by Colette Martin
A Crash Course For Busy Parents on Baking without Wheat, Gluten, Dairy, Eggs Soy or Nuts
Founder of Learning to Eat Allergy-Free
Rawsome Vegan Baking
by Emily von Euw
An Un-Cookbook for Raw, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Beautiful and Sinfully Sweet Cookies, Cakes, Bars and Cupcakes
Founder of This Rawsome Vegan Life
Gluten-Free, No Eggs or Dairy Bread Machine Cookbook
by Chantal Secours
Plant-Based Recipes for Nutritious Loaves of Bread
Creator of Fresh is Real
Baked With Love
by Brittany Berlin
Over 100 Allergy-Friendly Vegan Desserts
Creator of The Banana Diaries
Bread & Butter
by Erin McKenna
Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes to Fill Your Bread Basket
Founder of BabyCakes NYC
The Art of Raw Desserts
by Crystal Bonnet
50 Standout Recipes for Plant-Based Cakes, Pastries, Pies, Cookies and More
Creator of Crystal Dawn Culinary
Plant-Based Delicious
by Ashley Madden
Healthy, Feel-Good Vegan Recipes You’ll Make Again and Again
All Recipes Are Gluten & Oil Free
Includes a chapter with baked recipes and treats.
Creator of Rise Shine Cook
Vegan Gluten-Free Baking Made Easy
by Gwen Leron (E-Book)
A recipe book and guide for understanding vegan gluten-free baking
Creator of Delightful Adventures
More Gluten-Free Vegan Cookbooks
As I learn of other newish gluten-free, vegan baking cookbooks with delectable recipes, I will add them here.
- Sweet Eats for All
250 Decadent Gluten-Free, Vegan Recipes–from Candy to Cookies, Puff Pastries to Petits Fours
by Allyson Kramer
Choosing Gluten-Free Vegan Cookbooks
Gluten-free and vegan food means different things to people. When baking, some prepare and bake treats with no limit on sugar, oil, or chocolate, to create the sweetest desserts and most irresistible confections possible.
For others, anything baked is done so with a healthy twist. One is not better than the other. You bake for you, the way you like it, with ingredients that are safe for you.
If you can’t have oil, find oil-free recipes. Search for naturally sweet or sugar-free recipes if you don’t like sugary desserts. Many bakers also prepare recipes without peanuts or nuts, so don’t be afraid to ask questions when discovering new recipes.
And, when baking, do you prefer to leave out additives like xanthan gum? Xanthan gum can change and sometimes improve the texture of gluten-free, vegan baked goods. Luckily, it’s unnecessary.
Trying to follow a paleo diet? Tweak the recipes to be vegan paleo; although tricky, it is possible. For inspiration search the web or cookbooks with pegan baked desserts or bread recipes.
Also, many cookbook authors are bloggers. Use the links above to reach out if you have a burning question.
What we have in common as GFV bakers is that we avoid three of the top food allergens: gluten/wheat, eggs and dairy. The remaining recipe ingredients are up to the individual, to ensure the baked good is safe for their unique dietary needs.
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Health Disclaimer: Navigating the world of food allergens to make healthy treats, plant-based meals, or gluten-free recipes while vegan or following a special diet might require a consultation with a medical professional to help answer your questions. Always consult your doctor or medical professional to learn if an ingredient is safe for your health condition(s) or food allergies.
