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Keto Sugar Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting

Keto Sugar Cookies With Cream Cheese Frosting





I normally wouldn’t add the food coloring to the frosting but thought it would be a nice picture.

Recipe for the cookies:

1/4 cup butter

3 oz cream cheese

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

Pinch of salt

3/4 cup coconut flour (or 3 cups almond flour)

1/2 cup powdered erythritol (if you only have granular just blend it until it measures out to 1/2 cup)

Instructions :

1. Let butter and cream cheese soften.

2. Preheat oven to 350F. Using an electric mixer, mix butter and sweetener. Add cream cheese, mix. Add egg, vanilla, and salt. mix. Add coconut flour and mix.

3. Place dough on parchment-lined baking sheet in balls of 1 tbsp each (should make 12-15). Flatten.

4. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until edges begin to brown lightly. Let cool 5 minutes, enjoy!

Macros:

Serving size is 1 cookie.

Recipe makes 12 servings.

Calories: 80

Fat: 7.5g

Protein: 2g

Net carbs: 1.2g

Fiber: 3g

Recipe for the frosting:

4 TBSP butter

6 oz cream cheese

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

12-20 drops liquid stevia

(Or 3-5 tbsp sweetener)

Instructions :

Soften butter and cream cheese, add the rest of the ingredients, mix well, enjoy!

Serving size is 3/4 tbsp.

Recipe makes 12 servings.

Calories: 87

Fat: 9g

Protein: 1g

Net carbs: 0.5g

Fiber: 0g

Notes:

You could probably use monk fruit or swerve instead of the erythritol but I’m not sure if you can bake with stevia.