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November 11, 2019

Keto Cut Out Sugar Cookies

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Easily the best keto sugar cookies you will ever make. This cut out sugar cookie recipe produces sturdy but tender cookies that stand up to your favorite sugar-free frosting and decorations. Perfect for any holiday or event, and so fun to decorate!

Keto sugar cookies on a white table with a bottle of milk. More sugar cookies in the background, all decorated with sugar-free royal icing

My keto cut out sugar cookies have stood the test of time! First published here on All Day I Dream About Food back in October of 2012, and I decided to give them a little update. I changed very little about the cookie itself but created a perfect keto royal icing so that you can decorate to your heart’s content.

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck, right? And if it looks like a sugar cookie and tastes like a sugar cookies, it’s a sugar cookie, right? Or not.

Perhaps I shouldn’t call these keto sugar cookies, since they don’t have a single grain of sugar in them. False advertising and all that.  But it’s a whole lot better than calling them Cut-out Erythritol Cookies.  Somehow that just doesn’t roll of the tongue as nicely.  And let’s face it, erythritol is not a pretty name. It may be the best one of the best sugar replacements on the market, one that doesn’t spike my blood sugar even a little bit, but erythritol sounds like something you might clean your kitchen sink with.

But the holidays are coming and what kid doesn’t love playing around with fun cookie cutters and colorful frosting? My kids look forward to it every year, when we crank the holiday music and make a horrific mess in the kitchen. I can’t let them down!

Perfect keto cut out sugar cookies in stacks on a white table.

Re-inventing The Best Keto Sugar Cookies

It’s funny when I go back and revisit an older recipe such as this one. Sometimes I find I have to change things significantly, as I have learned so much and improved my keto baking skills considerably in the last 7 or 8 years.

But sometimes I find I don’t really need to change them very much at all, and I am delighted to discover that a good recipe back then is still a good recipe today. These cut out sugar cookies are one such recipe.

What makes them so great? Well for one thing, they don’t spread or rise, and they hold their shape perfectly during baking. And if you’re careful and keep your eye on them, you can make sure that they don’t brown too much, so that they stay a pale golden brown like a traditional sugar cookie.

Once cooled, they are both sturdy and tender. You bite into one thinking it’s going to be too crisp, but it has just the right amount of give under your teeth. And yet they still hold up to all the decorating you care to throw at them.

The only changes I made to the cookie dough itself was to swap out the oat flour for coconut flour, and leave out the xanthan gum altogether. Everything else stayed the same, including the chilling time and baking time.

One major tip, though, to keep that pale golden sugar-cookie color: use a silicone mat for baking rather than parchment, if you can. It protects the cookies better from the heat. 

Flooding cut out sugar cookies with royal icing.

Decorating Cut Out Sugar Cookies

I like to say I am the world’s worst cookie decorator. The truth is that I rarely have the patience or the inclination to do fussy, careful decorating, even though I envy those who have such talents. But I have to say, I think I did a pretty decent job with this updated keto sugar cookie recipe. I’m not going to win any awards but I surprised even myself.

And it all comes down to creating the perfect keto royal icing.

I’m not a huge fan of royal icing most of the time, and much prefer buttercream or cream cheese frostings. On its own, royal icing tastes a bit like a sweet glue. Which is sort of what it is, when you think about it, a combo of sweetener, water, and egg white that can harden to stay in place.

But somehow when it’s added to a good sugar cookie like this one, the whole thing tastes really delicious. I think it’s in part because I keep the cookies themselves less sweet, so the end result is not overpowering or cloying. It really works together and your cookies end up both pretty and tasty – and in this case, healthy and sugar-free. Now that’s a holiday miracle!

If you prefer to use a buttercream frosting, I have preserved the original frosting recipe for these cookies, below the main recipe.

How to make Keto Royal Icing

This one took a little messing around with to get right. I’ve made royal icing before, most notably for my Keto Gingerbread Men. That one is made with all powdered Swerve and it works well and hardens nicely but it also hardens in a way that can end up looking very dried out. For the little lines on gingerbread men, that’s fine. But for colorful sugar cookies, I wanted something with a bit of a sheen to it.

So I decided to use half powdered Swerve and half powdered BochaSweet. I know you hate it when I use two sweeteners, but this really works, trust me.

Why not all powdered BochaSweet? Because in my experience, it can make frostings and glazes too soft and I still wanted this to dry out and harden onto the cookie. The combination of these two sweeteners helps me take advantage of their desired properties and offset the undesired ones.

Note* You could probably use powdered xylitol instead. Not sure if there is such a thing as powdered allulose yet!

You want to work at getting just the right icing consistency – slightly drippy but not runny. This allows you to make outlines of shapes, and then “flood” them in by zig-zagging lines of icing within the outlines. Then use a toothpick to run all the lines together into a smooth coating (photo above shows this process).

Keto sugar cookies on a white plate, all decorated with holiday colors and designs

Coloring your Keto Royal Icing:

These days, there are an increasing number of all natural food dye options. I like the vegetable based powders from Color Kitchen but they tend to end up very pastel looking and there is no true red, just pink.

But I recently found this beet powder coloring which makes a much stronger red color. It does taste faintly of beets and has a bit of carbs, but you put so little frosting onto each cookie that neither the flavor nor the carbs are a significant factor in the end.

For the deep forest green on these cookies, I had to use a little of the blue Color Kitchen powder mixed into the green. Otherwise it ends up a slightly neon light green.

Always always use a light touch with these powders, sprinkling in a little at a time and mixing, and then adding more until you achieve the desired shade.

The end result? Well yes, it still tastes like sweet glue if you taste the icing on its own. But it’s a perfect keto decorating icing, as it dries firmly but still keeps its rich color. And together, the cookies and icing taste fantastic.

Not being much of a cookie decorator, I was surprised by how much fun I had playing with this icing and decorating my cookies. And truth be told, I can’t wait to do it again and practice!

A plate full of low carb holiday sugar cookies on a green and red plaid napkin.

Can you make Keto Sugar Cookies ahead?

You can indeed! I actually have some of this batch in the freezer right now, undecorated. They are simply stored in an airtight container.

I do advise making just the cookies ahead of time. They freeze well but I am not sure how well the icing will fare. I think it will look fresher and brighter when it hasn’t been frozen. I may test this out though, this holiday season.

But the good news is that once the cookies are frosted and decorated, they can last on the counter at room temperature for up to a week or even a bit longer.

So go ahead and whip up a big batch of keto sugar cookies. Sock them away in the freezer until you are ready to decorate. Then have fun playing with the royal icing and give them away to all of your friends, family, and neighbours. They are lovely to look at but they are also lovely to eat!

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Keto Sugar Cookies
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
14 mins
Chill Time
1 hr
Total Time
2 hrs
 

Easily the best keto sugar cookies you will ever make. This cut out sugar cookie recipe produces sturdy but tender cookies that stand up to your favorite sugar-free frosting and decorations. Perfect for any holiday or event, and so fun to decorate!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cut out sugar cookies, keto sugar cookies
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 177 kcal
Ingredients
Cookies:
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 2 tbsp coconut flour (can also use oat fiber)
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 6 tbsp butter softened
  • ½ cup Swerve Sweetener granular
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
Royal Icing:
  • 1/2 cup powdered Swerve Sweetener
  • 1/2 cup powdered BochaSweet (or powdered xylitol)
  • 1 tbsp egg white powder
  • 4 to 6 tbsp Water room temperature
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • Natural food coloring
Instructions
Cookies:
  1. Prepare a work surface with a silicone baking mat or a large piece of parchment paper. Dust lightly with coconut flour.

  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the almond flour, coconut flour, and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sweetener together until creamy. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, and then beat in the almond flour mixture until dough comes together.

  3. Turn the dough out onto the prepared work surface. Pat into a rough circle and then top with a large piece of parchment paper. Roll out to about 1/3-inch thickness. Place the whole mat on a cookie sheet and chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour.

  4. Preheat the oven to 325F and line two large baking sheets with silicone mats (you can use parchment paper as well but it doesn't protect your cookies from the heat quite as well. Using cookie cutters of choice, cut out cookies and lift carefully with a small, offset spatula or knife.

  5. Place cookies on the prepared baking sheets. Re-roll your dough and cut out more cookies (if your dough gets too soft to work with, you can return it to the refrigerator for a bit to harden up).

  6. Bake the cookies 12 to 14 minutes, or until they are just starting to brown around the edges, switching and rotating the pans halfway through baking. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on pan. The cookies will still be quite soft when removed from the oven but will firm up as they cool.

Royal Icing:
  1. In a large bowl, whisk together the sweeteners and the egg white powder. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking in between, until desired consistency is achieved. It should drizzle off the end of the whisk in ribbons, but shouldn't be too thin. Whisk in the vanilla extract.

  2. Divide into sepate bowls and add food coloring in small amounts until the desired color is achieved.

  3. Place icing in small ziploc bags or piping bags with the very corner snipped off to pipe outlines. Let the outlines dry at least 10 to 20 minutes before filling in.

  4. To fill in the outlines, pipe frosting into the outline in a back and forth motion. It does not have to be perfect and there may be gaps. Then simply use a toothpick to fill the icing into the gaps.

  5. Let the flooded icing dry completely before adding any additional icing decoration. (Or do what I did for one cookie, add little dots of another color and swirl them in with a toothpick. So many fun options!).

Recipe Notes

How many cookies you get depends on the size of your cookie cutters. I used small 2 to 3 inch cutters and got almost 4 dozen cookies. Larger cookie cutter will obviously result in fewer cookies. 

 

 

Nutrition Facts
Keto Sugar Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 serving = 1/12th of recipe)
Calories 177 Calories from Fat 137
% Daily Value*
Fat 15.2g23%
Carbohydrates 4.8g2%
Fiber 2.4g10%
Protein 5g10%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

If you would prefer a buttercream based frosting:

  • 6 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 cup powdered Swerve Sweetener
  • 3 to 5 tablespoons heavy cream
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • Food coloring as desired

Beat together the butter and powdered Sweve. Add the cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is achieved. Stir in the vanilla and food coloring. Spread or pipe onto the cooled cookies.

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Filed Under: Cookies, Gluten Free, Low Carb Tagged With: almond flour, holiday cookies

Nutritional Disclaimer

Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.

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  1. [email protected] says

    October 3, 2012 at 8:16 am

    Cute, cute, cute! My kids are crazy about cookie decorating. They do all the work for me. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Beth @ Tasty Yummies says

    October 3, 2012 at 8:26 am

    Awww these cookies are adorable, I am off to check out the recipe now!

    Reply
  3. Brian @ A Thought For Food says

    October 3, 2012 at 8:47 am

    These are so cool! And your cookie decorating is way better than anything I could imagine doing.

    Reply
  4. Sandi DeFalco says

    October 3, 2012 at 8:53 am

    Carolyn – I didn’t see a nutritional analysis at the recipe, but then again I don’t remember if you list that with your recipes?

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      October 3, 2012 at 10:23 am

      Sorry! I don’t do a carb count for them on Easy Eats, but I will amend that for my article here. I got about 10 quite large cookies out of it, and they are about 4 g of carbs each.

      Reply
      • Susan Richard says

        December 10, 2016 at 7:44 pm

        Can they be frozen before putting the icing on? I want to bring them to a party but need something I can make in advance.

        Reply
        • Carolyn says

          December 10, 2016 at 10:46 pm

          Yes, absolutely.

          Reply
  5. Lisa says

    October 3, 2012 at 9:15 am

    Hey Carolyn – these look fantastic… cannot wait to try and maybe use recipe at Chrsitmas time too! Do you have a carb count?
    Thank you!
    Lisa

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      October 3, 2012 at 2:17 pm

      I just added that to my post, right at the bottom. Sorry I forgot that part!

      Reply
  6. Kristen says

    October 3, 2012 at 9:57 am

    These are cute as can be!

    Reply
  7. Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says

    October 3, 2012 at 10:44 am

    Adorable!

    Reply
  8. claire @ the realistic nutritionist says

    October 3, 2012 at 10:50 am

    these are ADORABLE. Just so stinkin cute!

    Reply
  9. Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says

    October 3, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    These are adorable–I cannot believe that there’s no sugar in them! I love seeing how you reinvent sugary recipes. 🙂

    Reply
  10. [email protected] says

    October 3, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    All I have to say is YAY for Sugar Cookies!

    Reply
  11. Alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says

    October 3, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    Love these Carolyn! Happy wednesday!

    Reply
  12. Michele says

    October 3, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    I passed the Pillsbury version of these in the supermarket the other day, and I thought, “Guess I’ll never be having that again.” I should have known better! These look tasty and cute. Way to go! I can’t wait to try these and adapt them a million ways.

    Reply
  13. Sarah says

    October 3, 2012 at 7:36 pm

    Which food coloring paste do you use?

    These cookies do look amazing!!!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      October 3, 2012 at 8:01 pm

      I used Wilton for these ones.

      Reply
  14. Jeanette says

    October 3, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    These look so fun Carolyn – can’t believe they’re low carb. You did a great job decorating them!

    Reply
    • patti says

      December 29, 2015 at 8:38 pm

      Would gel food color work? I found “Betty Crocker Gel Food Colors” on sale after Christmas–
      Have tried to research the difference between gel and paste on internet but not gotten very far.

      Reply
      • Carolyn says

        December 30, 2015 at 7:41 am

        Should work fine.

        Reply
  15. Becky says

    October 4, 2012 at 12:46 am

    Yum these look amazing!! Definitely going to try now that I have both forms of Swerve. I would love to see what you eat on a daily basis….not to be stalker-ish but I go back and forth about low carb eating and running….like “will I have enough energy?” etc. In the past I don’t think I included enough fat so I always felt very dizzy and low energy on my runs fueled by low-carb low-fat. Thanks! Love, love the blog 🙂

    Reply
  16. Pat says

    October 4, 2012 at 7:18 am

    Hi love this recipe. Please post it on your site so I can add it to my ZipList I love ZipList and use it everyday! Thanks

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      October 4, 2012 at 7:32 am

      Since I did this one for Easy Eats, I need to wait a little while before I post the full recipe on my site. Is that okay with you?

      Reply
      • Pat says

        October 4, 2012 at 3:27 pm

        You bet! Worth the wait :0)

        Reply
  17. Joanne says

    October 4, 2012 at 7:55 am

    These are so cute! I bet you’d never know there’s not a drop of sugar in them.

    Reply
  18. The Mom Chef ~ Taking on Magazines One Recipe at a Time says

    October 4, 2012 at 7:57 am

    My mom may get a care package this Halloween. These are so, so cute! And don’t apologize at all for your decorating skills! They sure beat out mine. I’d probably let Dudette do the decorating and then no one would see how bad I really am. Actually, for my mom, that’s an excellent plan. 🙂

    And, yes, they could have come up with a better name for the sugar replacement. What’s up with that?

    Reply
  19. wrothish says

    October 5, 2012 at 5:55 am

    “It will forever irk me that something I rely on so heavily now, that I think is much, MUCH healthier than sugar, has a name like “erythritol”.”

    Haha — I was just thinking this as I was perusing low carb recipes for the holidays! I sometimes tell people my ery-sweetened goodies are made with Truvia (not a huge fib because that’s an ery/stevia product) so I don’t sound like I’m feeding them an exotic assassin’s poison from a Bond film!

    Thank you so much for this recipe. No matter how great I feel after kicking sugar and refined carbohydrates for the better part of a year, brightly colored cookies call my name.

    Reply
  20. Catherine says

    October 5, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Dear Carolyn, your cookies look adorable! I love how festive they are. Have a beautiful weekend, Catherine~

    Reply
  21. shelly (cookies and cups) says

    October 6, 2012 at 7:52 am

    These are amazing!!! I love the fact that they are adorably cute!

    Reply
  22. Kari says

    October 6, 2012 at 3:13 pm

    Does the frosting have a noticeable cooling effect in the mouth? I’ve made erythriol icing before and found the cooling to be really overwhelming.

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      October 7, 2012 at 6:16 am

      Hi Kari…not if you make it with Swerve. Swerve has a lot less cooling sensation than any other erythritol based sweetener that I know of. But if you are particularly sensitive to that, then it might also be good to add a really tiny bit of xanthan gum (a pinch, really), to help lessen the effect. For me, I notice it with other erythritol sweeteners, but not with Swerve.

      Reply
      • Kari says

        October 11, 2012 at 10:33 am

        Thanks Carolyn. I will try the xanthan gum. I bought two boxes of ZSweet powdered sweetener online and I’d like to try to use it if possible.

        Reply
        • Carolyn says

          October 11, 2012 at 10:54 am

          ZSweet definitely has more cooling sensation. Do be careful with the xanthan in the icing…just a little or it may gum things up!

          Reply
  23. Cara says

    October 7, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    Adorable! And I bet the frosting is fantastic too.

    Reply
  24. Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says

    October 10, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    I think these look adorable! And tasty!

    Reply
  25. Laura @ Family Spice says

    October 11, 2012 at 10:17 am

    Ingenious! You are definitely not inept with decorating cookies – I take that title, thank you! I have ZERO patience in dessert decorating category. All I care is how it tastes!

    Reply
  26. Joy says

    October 17, 2012 at 1:33 am

    The cookies looks great.

    Reply
  27. Katharine says

    December 21, 2012 at 8:59 am

    We made these these Christmas cookies and the kids loved them!! Used sprinkles to decorate b/4 we baked them which upped the carb count. But kids had a blast and I was so surprised that they actually crisped up a little (more like traditional cut-outs than I thought possible with almond flour). THANKS! They are long gone, and now we are going to try them again with some icing!

    Reply
    • Diana says

      December 7, 2015 at 7:58 am

      Question can the granulated Swerve be colored with food coloring to be used as sprinkles???

      Reply
      • Carolyn says

        December 7, 2015 at 8:36 am

        I’ve done that and it works alright. Not perfectly, but it’s better than nothing!

        Reply
        • Diana says

          December 8, 2015 at 9:10 am

          how much flour should I cutback if I am adding cocoa powder? Also do you know if coconut oil can be a substitute for butter?

          Reply
  28. Rivka says

    February 20, 2013 at 6:56 pm

    hey, just wondering: can i replace the oat flour with anything? very sensitive to oats

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      February 21, 2013 at 7:53 am

      Sure. Do about 1/2 the amount of coconut flour, so 1 tbsp. That should work, although the texture will be slightly firmer.

      Reply
      • Rivka says

        February 21, 2013 at 9:14 pm

        Did so, and made them into Hamentaschen (3 cornered pastry eaten on the Jewish holiday of purim) and filled them with chocolate pb and homemade SF raspberry jam! they were a hit!

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        • Carolyn says

          February 22, 2013 at 7:18 am

          Fantastic idea!

          Reply
  29. Emily says

    September 4, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    Unfortunately the website you refer to is no longer working. Any chance you can post the recipe again? I’d love to make these. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      September 4, 2013 at 4:18 pm

      I know, I just found that out! 🙁 Here’s the recipe (I don’t have time to format it right now for the blog).

      Halloween Cut Out Cookies:
      Cookies:
      2 cups almond flour
      2 tbsp GF oat flour (I used Bob’s Red Mill)
      ½ tsp xanthan gum
      ¼ tsp salt
      6 tbsp butter, softened
      ½ cup granulated erythritol OR sugar
      1 large egg
      ½ tsp vanilla extract

      Icing:
      4 tbsp butter, softened
      ¾ cup powdered erythritol OR powdered sugar
      3 to 5 tbsp heavy cream
      ½ tsp vanilla
      3 drops red food coloring paste
      3 drops yellow food coloring paste

      For the cookies , in a medium bowl, whisk together almond flour, oat flour, xanthan gum and salt.
      In a large bowl, beat butter and erythritol or sugar until creamy. Beat in the egg, and vanilla extract, and then beat in almond flour mixture until dough comes together.
      Turn out dough onto a large piece of parchment paper. Pat into a rough circle and then top with another piece of parchment. Roll out to about 1/3-inch thickness. Place on a cookie sheet and chill in refrigerator for at least an hour.
      Preheat oven to 325F and line another baking sheet with parchment. Using pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter, cut out cookies and lift carefully with a small, offset spatula or knife. Place cookies at least 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheet. Reroll your dough and cut out more cookies (if your dough gets too soft to work with, you can put it in the freezer for a bit to harden up).
      Bake cookies 12 to 14 minutes, or until they are just starting to brown around the edges. Remove from oven and let cool on pan.
      For the icing, beat together butter and powdered erythritol or sugar. Add cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is achieved. Stir in vanilla and food coloring. Spread on cooled cookies.

      Reply
      • Emily says

        September 4, 2013 at 4:20 pm

        Thank you so much!

        Reply
  30. Barb says

    September 12, 2013 at 11:33 am

    Is guar gum the same as xanthate gum? Down 7 lbs. in 2 weeks without even trying!!!, thanks for coming into my life, you might have saved it…

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      September 12, 2013 at 12:03 pm

      Not exactly the same, no. But they can be used interchangeably for the most part.

      Reply
    • Carolyn says

      September 12, 2013 at 12:04 pm

      PS – congrats on the weight loss!

      Reply
  31. Barb says

    September 12, 2013 at 11:34 am

    Oops, poor proof reading, of course meant xanthan.

    Reply
  32. Judith says

    November 19, 2013 at 11:16 am

    I made these into Raspberry Linzer Cookies. I cut out 24 stars, half with a cut out hole in the middle. When cool, the cookies with the holes I sprinkled with powdered Swerve, covered the other cookies with sugar free raspberry jam then put them together. It made 12 sandwich cookies at 3.7nc each. For the raspberry jam, 150g frozen raspberries cooked with erythritol , 150g chopped cranberries cooked with erythritol and some raspberry extract or 6TBS of Sugar free raspberry jam are all about equal.

    Thanks so much for all your yummy baking!

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    • Carolyn says

      November 19, 2013 at 12:39 pm

      Sounds great!

      Reply
  33. charlotte says

    May 7, 2014 at 11:19 am

    yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  34. Cecelia says

    September 29, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    TWO QUESTIONS:
    Can you use regular food coloring?
    Also do you thing this would work as a crust.
    You always seem to know the answer.
    You are like St Anthony to me . He helps me find also of thing lol.

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      September 29, 2014 at 6:13 pm

      Sure, you can use regular food colouring but I am not sure how much. Add a little at a time until you get the right colour. As for crust, I suppose it depends on what crust you plan to use it for. It would make great crust for bars of some sort.

      Reply
      • Cecelia says

        September 29, 2014 at 6:30 pm

        Thanks

        Reply
  35. Hope says

    December 7, 2014 at 3:49 pm

    Do you think oat fiber would be a good sub in place of the oat flour? I bought a bag to make your french toast and was looking for other recipes to use it with. These and the sugar cookie bars look so good. I just wasn’t sure if it could sub in place of the oat flour. Thank you so much! I can’t wait to make these!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 7, 2014 at 5:35 pm

      Sure, I think you could use it here easily.

      Reply
  36. Rosa says

    December 9, 2014 at 8:01 pm

    Is the xanthum gum necessary? I don’t have any and it’s expensive……:(

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 9, 2014 at 10:05 pm

      I think in these cookies, you could get away without it. they will be a touch more fragile.

      Reply
  37. Julie Rider says

    December 11, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    Cute..,but taste like shoe leather??

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 12, 2014 at 9:22 am

      Are you asking if they do or saying that they do? We certainly didn’t find it to be so and you can see from the comments that no one else did either.

      Reply
      • Julie says

        December 12, 2014 at 9:43 am

        Mine was not a question mine was why did mine taste like leather… A friend and I got together very excitedly to make a batch each of these cookies and follow the ingredients to a T and went to taste them at my next eating opportunity and was very disappointed they have no taste and the rather chewy. I am used to sugar cookies having kind of a crispiness and these deathly do not… I made a similar cookie with other things added to it and no xanthan gum and that seems to be the only difference… Any suggestions? They taste so blah but I don’t even want to bother frosting them.

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        • Carolyn says

          December 12, 2014 at 10:08 am

          Sorry, I don’t know what to say. They have been well received by my friends and family. I’d suggest you use the recipe you like better.

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          • Diana says

            December 6, 2015 at 8:20 pm

            Carolyn we just made them the kids and I and they loved them! I have to work on my frosting had to order the powder swerve online :/ i used granualted Swerve but def a great cookie! Can i add cocoa to make chocolate sugar cookies?

          • Carolyn says

            December 7, 2015 at 8:34 am

            Yes, but cut back a bit on the almond flour too so that your dough isn’t too dry.

          • Diana says

            December 7, 2015 at 8:52 am

            How much would you suggest on cutting back? I am so happy I flund your site and recipes! Thank you so much!!!

  38. Heidi says

    December 13, 2014 at 12:27 am

    I have gluten free corn flour, cashew flour, & coconut flour. which one should I use? I could’t find gluten free oat flour. I am going to make these and the magic bars in a the morning! Thanks Heidi

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    • Carolyn says

      December 13, 2014 at 10:05 am

      Are you just trying to replace the oat flour? Then use coconut flour but only use half the amount.

      Reply
  39. Eileen says

    December 18, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    Been looking for good cookie recipes that my “sugar free” family can enjoy. So glad to have found your site!!! What a treasure trove of ideas, can hardly wait to try them all. Made these today with my kids, and …almost… decided it would be a “one and done” recipe since the dough was so fussy (as the dough warms to room temperature, even during just the time it takes to cut a few out, it gets creamy and impossible to manage, especially by the kids). Then … we tasted the first batch. Oh, my goodness, they are AWESOME! Dead-on sugar cookie flavor & texture!!! So buttery and delicious, they don’t even need the frosting. Managed the “fussiness” by using the freezer … a lot. Froze the rolled out dough as recommended; then re-froze the cut dough before removing the individual cookies (made it possible to simply peel them off the parchment without damaging them); then *re*-froze the pan of cutouts before placing it in the oven. Worked like a charm, and the results are so worth it! We will be making these again tomorrow, this time coloring part of the dough to make them a little fancier for Christmas. Kids can’t wait! 🙂 (Using a traditional 3″ cutter set and rolling the dough to about 1/4″, this easily made about 30 cookies. What a low-carb coup!!!) Thank you for this awesome site. I’ll be coming back … a lot!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 18, 2014 at 9:08 pm

      The dough is tricky, it’s just the nature of the beast with low carb and gluten-free. But SO glad you liked them enough to work at it!

      Reply
  40. cookie worthy says

    July 3, 2015 at 5:18 pm

    Do we have to use that thickener,, what about bakining powder?

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      July 4, 2015 at 9:01 am

      You can forego the xanthan gum but you may find that your cookies are more crumbly. This recipe does not require any leavening agent.

      Reply
  41. Helen says

    October 9, 2015 at 8:36 pm

    Hi Carolyn, I would love to make these cookies for my daughter. Could you tell me what sugar/no sugar toppings you used to accent the cookies. I didn’t know if they have sugar-free ones or ones you use that you would suggest. Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      October 9, 2015 at 9:35 pm

      I can’t find any sugar-free versions so I just try to keep them to a minimum.

      Reply
      • Helen says

        October 12, 2015 at 9:51 am

        Thx Carolyn!!

        Reply
  42. Sara says

    October 14, 2015 at 6:09 pm

    Carolyn, these are sooooo good! My 20 yr old grandson even liked them! These are definitely going to be made for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      October 14, 2015 at 6:31 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  43. patti says

    March 3, 2016 at 9:34 pm

    These worked well for us and have inspired me to look for new cookie cutters. Ever since my husband changed to low carb lifestyle, cookies have been harder to do. These worked – even though I did not use the recommended almond flour – we do our own in a grinder/mill. Keeping the dough well chilled was key. Also, I almost had the graininess that you mentioned in your icing recipe (and I was careful to have butter softened) and the thing that seemed to change from grainy was my final addition of Swerve, which I had premeasured and been putting in gradually as I made it. Actually, just having some good icing ideas that don’t need confectioners sugar has been a huge step forward for our family as well.. Of course, we did use green icing with St. Patricks Day just around the corner!.

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    • Carolyn says

      March 3, 2016 at 10:09 pm

      Thanks for that tip!

      Reply
  44. Darlene says

    July 27, 2016 at 7:06 pm

    Hey Carolyn!! I need a good vanilla wafer recipe for low carb banana puddin. How would these cookies work for that do you think, texture wise?

    Reply
  45. lazylowcarber says

    September 24, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    I made a lazy version of it (no xantham gum etc…just almond powder, butter, swerve, vanilla, egg) and it turned out just as I expected 🙂 super sweet sugar cookies. I’m now motivated to buy some cookie cutter and coloring. I shared the recipe in Japanese on my site: http://cupcaketoons.com/devancouver/swerve-sweetener-%E3%81%A7%E4%BD%8E%E7%B3%96%E8%B3%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%EF%BC%88%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E4%BB%98%E3%81%8D/ (the URL is a bit weird because they are in Japanese characters…)

    Thank you Carolyn~~~

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    • Carolyn says

      September 24, 2016 at 6:57 pm

      Sounds like your lazy version worked out well!

      Reply
  46. Diana says

    December 22, 2016 at 1:27 am

    would THM baking blend work?

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 22, 2016 at 6:17 am

      It would be a bit drier so be prepared to add more liquid or oil.

      Reply
  47. Saskia Lesser says

    September 17, 2017 at 8:22 am

    Hi Wondering what is the best natural food colouring brand is – that you trust?
    The cookies taste great on their own but want to try with the icing for the kids.

    Thanks,
    Saskia

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    • Carolyn says

      September 18, 2017 at 6:54 am

      I’ve been using these colour powders lately. I am pretty sure they have an orange too. They are VERY vibrant! http://amzn.to/2wB0jWa

      Reply
  48. Amanda says

    December 31, 2017 at 10:55 am

    This is a wonderful recipe, thanks for sharing! This also makes a great base for a fruit pizza. I have my second batch in the oven right now. 🙂

    Reply
  49. Wendy C Holmes says

    March 13, 2018 at 1:34 pm

    I hate asking this, but here goes: I just realized that 2 of my kids won’t eat the treats made with swerve. The older of the 2 explained she doesn’t like the erythritol. If swerve didn’t exist what would be your next best substitute for this? The rest of us have zero issue with swerve

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    • Carolyn says

      March 14, 2018 at 12:49 pm

      If it’s the erythritol that’s the issue, then I have no suggested sweeteners because I prefer erythritol based ones. I hear good things about Bocha Sweet but i have yet to try it myself.

      Reply
    • Simone Ribanic says

      December 4, 2019 at 2:27 pm

      These look awesome!
      I was wondering what i could use instead of the egg white powder. Not sure how much i would use it.
      Thank you for all these great recipes! Loved everything i made so far 😉

      Reply
      • Carolyn says

        December 4, 2019 at 3:28 pm

        You can use some pasteurized egg whites from a carton and then just hold back on the liquid a bit.

        Reply
  50. Kate says

    September 8, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    Hi Carolyn, I was wondering if you have experimented with different size cookie cutters with this sugar cookie cutout recipe. Before my diabetic days I baked cut outs and definitely noticed differences of how the cookies bake related to cut out size and thickness. I collect large copper cutters and have zero experience yet with baking these cookies so thought I’d ask.
    Thanks for making life sweet!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      September 9, 2018 at 9:50 am

      I think any size cookie cutter would work but if they are very large, they may take longer to bake.

      Reply
  51. Christy Saunders says

    October 27, 2018 at 5:03 pm

    Could you make these a chocolate sugar cookie by adding cocoa? If so, how much would you add and would you take out some flour in its place? Thanks!!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      October 28, 2018 at 8:30 am

      Probably 1/3 cup would do it. And yes you will need to reduce the flour, probably by about the same amount.

      Reply
  52. Linda Wilson says

    February 20, 2019 at 1:33 pm

    5 stars
    We keep these frosted beauties in the freezer and eat them cold. Always different shapes and colors😁
    Thank you Carolyn!

    Reply
  53. Angelia says

    November 11, 2019 at 11:51 pm

    Oh my goodness am I excited to find recipes for cut out sugar cookies and royal icing! I’m a cookie and cake decorator who recently started the keto way of eating. I know. It’s crazy, right? I have plenty of meringue powder and was wondering if you think I can use that in place of the egg whites powder? Is hate to waste expensive ingredients to find out. I read all the comments in hopes of finding the answer, but no such luck. I googled my question too, but of course I didn’t find the answer with using swerve too. Thank you for sharing your recipes and time! I look forward to trying all of your recipes I just pinned on Pinterest!

    Reply
    • Angelia says

      November 11, 2019 at 11:54 pm

      By the way, you did a good job on decorating your cookies! Decorating isn’t easy if you don’t know how. It takes lots of practice!

      Reply
      • Carolyn says

        November 12, 2019 at 8:09 am

        Thank you! Please make sure you email me some photos of YOUR cookies because I want some inspiration. My white was a little thick at first and then a little overly drippy so I struggled with that one!

        Reply
        • Angelia says

          November 12, 2019 at 9:11 pm

          Thank you so much for replying so quickly! I’m very glad you asked if my meringue powder is sweetened! Oh my goodness is it! 35 g carbs! I’ll have to find one that isn’t sweetened or order some egg white powder.
          I’ll try to remember to send you some pics when I’m finally able to try your recipes! Thanks again!
          Angelia

          Reply
    • Carolyn says

      November 12, 2019 at 8:08 am

      Hi Angelia. Yes you can use meringue powder. Typically it’s the same thing except that often meringue powder is sweetened. Is yours? It may add a bit of carbs although not too much.

      Reply
  54. Marcelle says

    November 12, 2019 at 7:42 am

    Does this recipe make just 12 cookies? It says 12 servings but I don’t see how many cookies are in a serving. Also, I don’t see the ingredients for the buttercream. The only thing showing is the food coloring. Thanks for another awesome recipe! Can’t wait to make these!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      November 12, 2019 at 8:03 am

      Hi Marcelle, it clearly states in the recipe notes that I can’t tell you how many cookies it will make as it all depends on you cookie cutters. It’s weird about the buttercream, it did the same thing as I was editing yesterday and I don’t know why!

      Reply
      • Carolyn says

        November 12, 2019 at 8:07 am

        Okay, now the buttercream should be fixed. Sorry about that, the ingredient list kept disappearing!

        Reply
  55. Linda says

    November 12, 2019 at 11:33 am

    While I love having a good royal icing recipe for cookies, I plan to take these to my book club in December. I won’t have time to decorate that way because that’s holiday concert season. So, I’m going to make egg yolk paint. Have you ever done that? It’s so simple. You color egg yolks with whatever colors you want to use and paint them with a clean paint brush onto the cookie dough before baking, kind of like an egg wash. Super pretty & easy to do. No carbs. So, super keto-friendly. 🙂

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      November 12, 2019 at 12:29 pm

      That sounds fun! I’ve never tried it myself.

      Reply
  56. Amber says

    November 16, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    I’m not sure if you answered this, but could this dough be used in a cookie press? For spritz cookies and such?

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      November 16, 2019 at 11:17 pm

      Please use my search box and type in “Spritz” as I already have a very good spritz recipe. This dough is too thick.

      Reply
  57. Barb Turcotte says

    November 17, 2019 at 2:01 pm

    Hi, I can’t wait to try these. I copied the recipe and went shopping for ingredients, found all BUT the egg white powder, checked 5 stores only to find egg replacer……question…..what can be used to replace it if anything? I was wondering if I used pasteurized egg whites? How about flax seed or any other ideas to try? If you say there’s no replacement then I’ll wait and purchase online. Thank you so much for all you do

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      November 17, 2019 at 2:38 pm

      Only egg whites will harden properly. You could probably use liquid egg whites and reduce the water. Powdered egg whites or egg white protein powder is best purchased online.

      Reply
  58. Stephanie says

    November 19, 2019 at 4:39 pm

    5 stars
    Loved these cookies! I tried them with the buttercream frosting and they were delicious!

    Reply
  59. Krissy Allori says

    November 19, 2019 at 5:38 pm

    5 stars
    Oh my gosh, I’m so excited about these cookies. I just love making these with my kids but always feel guilty when I indulge. But I won’t have to with these. Thanks!.

    Reply
  60. Julie Blanner says

    November 19, 2019 at 6:04 pm

    5 stars
    Yes! So glad I can partake in eating cookies this year. The girls are going to love helping me decorate this year!

    Reply
  61. Melissa says

    November 19, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    5 stars
    These are great we can stick to our meal plan and have a treat! So cute too!

    Reply
  62. Cheryl S says

    November 19, 2019 at 6:27 pm

    I made these for my daughters and they loved them!! Thanks for a great recipe!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      November 19, 2019 at 8:37 pm

      So glad to hear it!

      Reply

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