Easy Keto Low-Carb Soft Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies is a simple and quick, gluten-free, and sugar-free recipe perfect for ketogenic diets and lifestyles. These low-sugar cookies are also great for Christmas cookies and holidays. The recipe uses almond flour and is practically no-carb and carb-free.
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Calories: 91 Fat: 9G Net Carbs: 1G Protein: 2G
Macros are provided as a courtesy and calculated using MyFitnessPal. Calculate your specific macros using the exact brand ingredients you use and the macros calculator of your choice.
Is Cream Cheese on Keto Diet?
Absolutely! 2 ounces of cream cheese has 2 net carbs, which is really small when divided among multiple servings.
How Do You Make Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese?
Step 1: Line a cookie sheet or sheet pan with a silicone baking mat.
Step 2: Add the Swerve Sweetener and butter to a mixing bowl and mix with a hand mixer. Add the cream cheese, egg, and vanilla. Add the almond flour and mix.
Step 3: Use an ice cream scoop to scoop 12-14 cookies onto the sheet pan or cookie sheet.
Step 4: Bake.
Can You Use Coconut Flour On Keto?
Yes, coconut flour is low in carbs and absolutely keto friendly. Coconut flour absorbs flour differently in comparison to almond flour. Coconut flour is highly absorbent and will absorb a lot of moisture.
As such, I did not use any coconut flour in this recipe. For desserts and baking, I typically stick to almond flour.
Check out more Tips on Baking with Coconut Flour here.
What Desserts Can You Have on a Keto Low-Carb Diet?
Thanks to products like Swerve Sweetener and Lily’s Chocolate Chips there are so many keto-friendly desserts!
More Keto Dessert Recipes
Keto Cheesecake
Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
Keto Avocado Brownies
Keto Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Fat Bombs
Keto Pumpkin Spice Fat Bombs
Add cream cheese icing!
Make them into Christmas cookies!
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I add 1 tablespoon of MCT oil to my coffee in the morning. This helps add additional fat to support keto macros and also helps with keto flu.
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Easy Keto Low-Carb Soft Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter Place in the microwave for 15 seconds to soften
- 3/4 cup sweetener (Use discount code STAYSNATCHED to save 15%) If you plan to add icing to the cookies you may want to use 1/2 cup of sugar. 3/4 cups of sugar will produce sweet cookies.
- 3 oz cream cheese Place in the microwave for 15 seconds to soften
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 3 cups almond flour
Icing
- 3 oz cream cheese Place in the microwave for 15 seconds to soften
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon confectioners sweetener (Use discount code STAYSNATCHED to save 15%)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a cookie sheet or sheet pan with a silicone baking mat.
- Add in the cream cheese and mix.
- Add in the egg and vanilla. Mix.
- Add the almond flour and mix until cookie dough forms.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop 12-14 cookies onto the sheet pan or cookie sheet. I made 11 medium-large cookies. You can fix the cookies up using a silicone spoon to make them more circular like.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until the cookies begin to brown. Mine were done around 14-15 minutes. You don't want them to turn fully brown, because that will impact whether they are soft and chewy!
- Remove the cookie sheet from the oven. Allow the cookies to cool for about 10 minutes or until they start to harden.
Icing
- Combine the ingredients and spread on the cookies. If this doesn't produce enough icing for you, add more cream cheese and confectioners sweetener as needed.
Wilhelmina Wessel
October 24, 2018 at 6:04 amKeto Christmas Cookies! This is a genius recipe!
Aimee Shugarman
October 24, 2018 at 7:17 amExtra icing for me! These are fabulous.
Altani
December 17, 2018 at 2:08 pmHi!! I made these yesterday!! So yummy!! I’m going to make more for my daughter’s Christmas party!! 👍🏼😁
staysnatched
December 17, 2018 at 5:31 pmAwesome! I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
Katie
December 19, 2018 at 6:37 pmJust made these with my 6 year old and they were fabulous!
staysnatched
December 20, 2018 at 11:12 pmI’m so glad you enjoyed them!
Michelle
December 28, 2018 at 9:52 amCould you roll the dough out between parchment paper and use some cookie cutters?
staysnatched
December 29, 2018 at 9:11 amI haven’t tested that, but I would assume so.
Eac
January 2, 2019 at 3:45 pmThese were wonderful! I used raw honey because I didn’t have any other kind of sugar on hand and they turned out great. Definitely use a silicone baking mat because they burn very easily on the bottoms!
Cindy
January 15, 2019 at 4:50 pmWow! These cookies are incredible…my husband LOVED them! Love having these guilt free cookies for the week. Thanks so much for sharing!
staysnatched
January 16, 2019 at 6:29 amI’m so glad you enjoyed them!
Clarice
January 15, 2019 at 7:50 pmThese were so dry when I made them, don’t need 3 cups of flour!!!!! Flavoring is good though!
staysnatched
January 16, 2019 at 6:28 amHow much flour would you use?
Pam
March 27, 2019 at 1:06 pmI used 2 cups of flour and ended up with 14 cookies. I baked them for 12 minutes..
Cammie Solis
January 22, 2019 at 3:55 pmHow many carbs in each serving and what constitutes a serving? Unless I missed it I didn’t see it.
staysnatched
January 22, 2019 at 8:32 pmHi, you missed it. Macros are documented at the top of the post. Servings are noted in the recipe card. A serving is a cookie.
Jolene Godschalk
January 23, 2019 at 12:45 pmThese are absolutely amazing! Best keto cookies I’ve ever made!
staysnatched
January 24, 2019 at 11:54 amI’m so glad you enjoyed them!
Elizabeth Lampman
March 24, 2019 at 9:05 pmI only gave 4 stars because they are maybe a tad dry but they are really really good cookies. Just what my flagging resolve needed. Thank you for the recipe
Denise
April 27, 2019 at 12:25 pmLove the cream cheese in the cookie itself and for the frosting, if wanted. I toasted the almond flour in a dry skillet, until it turned a dark golden brown before using. Gives a wonderful depth of flavour almost like graham crackers. Keep an eye out as it turns dark quickly and could burn.)
staysnatched
April 27, 2019 at 2:24 pmThanks for sharing your tips!
Emilie
May 14, 2019 at 8:53 amSo the recipe sounds great! But as I put in my ingredients in my macro calculator, I come up to 3g net carbs per cookie, as per recipe calls for 3cups of almond flour. Even if you lower it at 2cups of almond flour, still adds up to 2g of net carbs per cookie for a 12 cookie recipe… which I find quite high and contradicts the information on your page.
staysnatched
May 14, 2019 at 8:50 pmI use Nature’s Eats blanched almond flour. Be sure you are also excluding sugar alcohols from your calc. My information is accurate and reflects the branded ingredients I use in my recipe. If you use different brands then your macros will be different and that should be expected, as with any recipe.