Keto Sugar Cookies

By
Leah Maroney
Leah Maroney
Leah Maroney
A recipe developer and food photographer, Leah Maroney is an ardent home cook and food blogger who has written over 300 recipes for The Spruce Eats.
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Updated on 07/21/21
Keto Sugar Cookies

 The Spruce / Leah Maroney

Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Freezing: 15 mins
Total: 40 mins
Servings: 12 servings
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
135 Calories
13g Fat
5g Carbs
3g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 12
Amount per serving
Calories 135
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13g 16%
Saturated Fat 5g 27%
Cholesterol 21mg 7%
Sodium 28mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 5g 2%
Dietary Fiber 2g 9%
Total Sugars 1g
Protein 3g
Vitamin C 0mg 1%
Calcium 53mg 4%
Iron 0mg 2%
Potassium 95mg 2%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

Keto sugar cookies are the perfect low-carb version of your favorite holiday sugar cookies. You can have all the sweet taste of the season without the extra carbohydrates. These are just one of the many flavors you can make when you're in the mood for something sweet.

A blend of almond and coconut flour stands in for regular flour and stevia is used in place of the sugar. You can even make a little icing with some milk and sweetener. These cookies are packed with butter for a delicious crumbly texture. They hold their shape amazingly well after being cut out, so you won’t have to worry about the cookies spreading or turning into a different shape than you intended. It’s perfect for delicate snowflakes or Christmas trees.

They are very delicate when hot, so make sure to allow them plenty of time to cool before serving!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup almond flour

  • 1/3 cup coconut flour

  • 1 teaspoon stevia sweetener

  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1/2 cup (4-ounces) unsalted butter, softened

  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

  • 1/4 teaspoon orange zest

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.

    Ingredients for keto sugar cookies
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  2. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Whisk together the almond flour, coconut flour, sweetener, and baking powder. 

    Whisk dry ingredients
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  3. Add the butter, vanilla extract, and orange zest. Blend with a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer until it comes together to form a soft dough. This may take a few minutes as the coconut flour absorbs the liquid and the butter softens the ingredients. 

    Mix dough for keto sugar cookies
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  4. Roll the dough into a ball and place it on a large sheet of parchment paper.

    Form cookie dough into a ball
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  5. Cover the dough ball with another piece of parchment paper. Roll it out into a sheet, about 1/4-inch thick using a rolling pin. Place it on a sheet pan and put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes. 

    Roll out dough
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  6. Peel off the top layer of the parchment paper. Use a cookie cutter to cut out desired shapes. Use a spatula to remove the cut out shapes from the bottom piece of parchment paper. The cookies are delicate so use care with removing them from the cookie cutter and placing them on the baking sheet. 

    Cut out cookie dough
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  7. Place the cut-out cookies onto a parchment-lined baking pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

    Bake keto sugar cookies
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  8. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool completely before trying to remove them from the parchment paper. They are very delicate and crumbly especially when warm, so be patient with the cooling. 

    Keto sugar cookies
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  9. Serve cookies after they have completely cooled.

Recipe Variations

  • To make keto icing, whisk together 3 tablespoons of milk and 1/2 teaspoon stevia extract until smooth. Drizzle a little over each cookie.
  • You can replace the stevia sweetener with other no-calorie sweeteners like monk fruit extract or erythritol.
  • Stevia is much sweeter than regular sugar, which is why you use so little in this recipe. If you are using monk fruit extract or erythritol you can use a cup in place of the teaspoon of stevia.