These Easy Keto Low-Carb Soft Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies are a simple and sugar-free recipe. They are made with almond flour and perfect for Christmas cookies and the holiday season.
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Looking for Christmas cookies? This recipe is perfect. It makes soft cookies that aren’t crispy at all. Kids and adults alike will love them.
Is Cream Cheese ok on Keto Diet?
Absolutely! 2 ounces of cream cheese has 2 net carbs, which is really small when divided among multiple servings.
How to Make Keto Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
- Line a cookie sheet or sheet pan with a silicone baking mat.
- Add the 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.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop 10-14 cookies onto the sheet pan or cookie sheet. I made mine using 1 1/2 tablespoons of dough which made 10 cookies.
- Bake.
How to Store the Cookies
Store the cookies in an air tight container. They can be left at room temperature for 4 days.
Can You Use Coconut Flour?
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.
Freezer Tips
The cookies can be frozen for up to 3 months. Defrost at room temperature.
More Keto Cookie Recipes
Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
Keto Peanut Butter Cookies
Keto Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Keto Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Keto Double Chocolate Cookies
Keto Pumpkin Cookies
Keto Low Carb Ginger Snaps
Keto Low-Carb Lemon Cookies
More Keto Desserts
Keto Cheesecake
Keto Avocado Brownies
Keto Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Fat Bombs
Keto Pumpkin Spice Fat Bombs
Keto Creme Brulee
Keto Pumpkin Pie
Keto Chocolate Mug Cake
Add cream cheese royal icing!
Cooling is Important
The longer the cookies cool, the firmer they will be. Patience is crucial. I let these cool in a cooling rack for at least 30 minutes so they could firm up.
Easy Keto Low-Carb Soft Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter Softened
- 3/4 cup sweetener (Use discount code STAYSNATCHED to save 15%)
- 3 oz cream cheese Softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 3 cups almond flour
Icing
- 3 oz cream cheese Softened
- 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 the sweetener and butter to a mixing bowl and mix with a hand mixer.
- Add in the cream cheese and mix.
- Add in the egg and vanilla. Mix.
- Add the almond flour and mix until cookie dough forms.
- With wet hands, use a cookie scoop or spoon to shape the cookies. For large cookies I make them with 1 ½ to 2 tablespoons of cookie dough. This will produce 10- 12 cookies. Flatten each using the palm of your hands.
- Bake for 10-14 minutes until the cookies begin to brown. Mine were done around 11 minutes. You don’t want the bottoms to turn brown, this will result in burnt cookies. The bottom should be golden when removed from the oven.
- Remove the cookie sheet from the oven. Allow the cookies to cool for about 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
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.
- Ice the cookies after they have cooled completely.
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Notes
Nutrition (displayed with net carbs)
Amy
Wednesday 3rd of February 2021
Can you use salted butter?
staysnatched
Wednesday 3rd of February 2021
If you like.
Melissa Brown
Wednesday 13th of January 2021
I made these cookies using 2 cups of almond flour. When I entered the recipe into my carb manager app, it calculated 10.6 grams of net carbs per cookie. I made the cookies smaller and thus had 18 cookies instead of 12. Kind of disappointing don’t you think?
staysnatched
Wednesday 13th of January 2021
No, because using the brand of almond flour I use and point out my number is accurate. I recommend calculating your macros using the brands you use before making a recipe. 10 grams of net carbs sounds like an error, no matter what brand of almond flour you used.
Olivia
Monday 28th of December 2020
Thank you for the delicious recipe looks so tasty! Here's a great way I found to better your Keto Diet. I Hope it helps some others.
staysnatched
Tuesday 29th of December 2020
I hope you enjoy the cookies!
Lucy Bratanch
Monday 7th of December 2020
What type of sugar do I need to make these cookies😄
staysnatched
Friday 11th of December 2020
I use sweetener. There a link to what I recommend in the recipe card.
Sonserae F.
Wednesday 2nd of December 2020
Good Lawd! These were AMAZING plus as an added bonus they fit in perfectly with the custom keto meal plan I have been following for the last 6 weeks with much success (15lbs down, Hallelujah!) This has been a total game changer.
staysnatched
Friday 4th of December 2020
That's wonderful to hear!