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Nut Free Keto Sugar Cookies, iced and decorated

Keto Sugar Cookies

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  • Author: Barbara
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 9-11 minutes
  • Total Time: 24-26 minutes
  • Yield: 12 cookies 1x
  • Category: Tasty Treats
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

Keto sugar cookies are soft and pillowy, and finished with a cream cheese buttercream.


Ingredients

Scale

For the Cookies:

76 grams or 1/3 cup butter

36 grams or 1.5 ounces cream cheese

82 grams or 2/3 oz cr cup coconut flour, plus more for dusting

10 grams or 1/8 cup vanilla whey protein powder

10 grams or 1 T cornstarch

7 grams or 2 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

48 grams or 1/3 cup Swerve confectioners

45 grams or 1 large egg

1 tsp vanilla

For the Frosting:

8 T butter

6 ounces cream cheese

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 cup Swerve confectioners


Instructions

For the Cookies:

In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle or in a large bowl with a mixer, cream the room temperature butter and cream cheese together.

Weigh or measure all the dry ingredients together and add to the butter mixture one-half at a time.

Add the vanilla and the egg.

Lightly flour a work surface with coconut flour and turn the dough out on to the surface.

Lightly dust the top of the dough with coconut flour and roll out about 3/8” thick with a rolling pin.

Use your favorite cookie cutters and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake in a 350-degree oven for 9 to 11 minutes.

For the Frosting:

In your stand mixer with a paddle attachment or in a bowl with a mixer, cream the room temperature butter and cream cheese together.

Next, add in the sweetener and then the vanilla.

All together:

Once the cookies have cooled, place frosting on in your favorite design.



Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 92
  • Fat: 7.4 grams
  • Carbohydrates: 4.1 net
  • Protein: 2 grams
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