It’s holiday season! And we’re celebrating with a batch of our favorite almond flour shortbread cookies. Only this year, we’ve decided to give them a healthy makeover.
Why you’ll love these keto Christmas cookies
They are soft and buttery. Think melt in your mouth shortbread cookies. Perfectly sweetened. Not too much, not too little. Juuust right. Sugar-free cookies means you can eat an extra. Or three extra. It’s a super easy Christmas cookie recipe that requires only one bowl, one spoon, and a baking tray. With the little cranberry on top, we think they look like Christmas ornaments. So festive!
Tips for making these almond snowball cookies
These keto Christmas cookies are very easy to make. But there are a few tips for making sure they turn out perfect. Use well soften butter. As soon as I start thinking about cookies, I take the butter out of the fridge. It needs several hours at room temperature to get very soft. If you’re in a rush, cut the amount you need for this recipe (½ cup) into small pieces. The small pieces will soften much faster than a brick of butter. Use fine almond flour. For the best texture, avoid almond meal. It’s more coarse and will result in denser cookies. Dust the cookies with powdered erythritol when they’re still a little warm. It will stick better if they’re warm. Have patience. These cookies taste underdone when warm. They’re better if you wait for them to cool.
What makes these healthy Christmas cookies?
To make this a sugar-free cookie recipe, we use erythritol as a sweetener. Erythritol is a sugar alcohol that is found naturally in some fermented foods. (But what you buy in the store and is used in this recipe is man-made.) While it tastes sweet and acts similar to sugar in recipes, it passes through the body without being metabolized. It has no calories, no net carbs, and does not spike insulin. So to make healthy keto Christmas cookies, we start by using erythritol. Then we add some healthy almond flour, which is high in protein and healthy fats. And finally, we use butter – grass-fed if you want it to be. A sprinkle of sea salt and a small splash of vanilla and you’ve made your cookies! And if you love keto desserts, try this keto pumpkin cheesecake!
Love sugar-free cookie recipes?
So do we! We make refined sugar-free cookies regularly. These are our favorites:
Flourless Chickpea Peanut Butter Cookies Keto Flourless Chocolate Cake Chunky Monkey Paleo Banana Cookies Chocolate Almond Shortbread Cookies Cranberry Coconut Macaroons Keto Pumpkin Creme Brulee
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Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes
Holiday Spiced Almond Shortbread Cookies Chocolate Almond Shortbread Cookies Cranberry Coconut Macaroons Cranberry and White Chocolate Butter Cookies Melt in Your Mouth Shortbread Cookies Mom’s Nanaimo Bars
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