I have a bit of a sweet tooth so I am always on the lookout for low carb sweet treat ideas and recipes. I found this one the other day and had to give it a try.

These low carb cream cheese cookies really hit the spot and with only 0.5 net carbs per cookie they will not knock you off your keto groove. I love them by themselves and they would also be great with some Halo Top low carb ice cream, or some sugar free jelly to spice them up.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup Swerve or other sugar substitute
• 4 oz cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 2 cups almond flour
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

 

Directions:

1. Cream butter and sweetener until light and fluffy
2. Beat in the cream cheese
3. Add egg
4. Stir in the flours, then mix in vanilla
5. Chill dough in refrigerator for 4 hours
6. Roll dough into a log with plastic wrap (can also use cookie press)
7. Cut into 1/4 inch slices
8. Bake at 350 degrees until cookies begin to brown (about 10-12 minutes) Cook longer for crisper cookies

 

Optional:
You can substitute other extracts for the vanilla to change the flavor

Nutrition Info:
Approximate per cookie – 51 calories, 4.8g fat, 24mg sodium, 1.1g carb, 0.6g fiber, 0.5 net carb, 1g protein

This was a really quick and easy recipe to follow. Be sure to let your butter and cream cheese sit out a while to soften. This will make the creaming and mixing much easier. The cookies were a little crumbly when they fist came out of the oven but they firmed up after they cooled down. These are super yummy. 🙂

~Marlo

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