Holiday Sugar Cookie Bars – Low Carb and Gluten-Free

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One of the advantages of aging is that the older I get, the less I worry about making an ass of myself. That self-consciousness, that concern over what other people are going to think, seems to diminish with each passing year. I see it as an advantage because it means I am far more comfortable in my own skin than I was as a younger woman. My kids probably see it as a distinct disadvantage because I can get incredibly goofy and I have no qualms about embarrassing them, in private or in public. That’s what parents are for, right? I take great delight in proving myself to be the dork I really am at heart. It makes me laugh. Case in point…the guest post I did for Katrina of In Katrina’s Kitchen. Go read it. It’s funny. At least I think it’s funny. And if you don’t find it amusing, at least you get a great Low Carb Sugar Cookie Bar Recipe out of the deal.

The ever-sweet Katrina invited me to be a part of her second annual “I’ll Bring The Cookies” event and I knew almost instantly what I wanted to bring. I’d seen Sugar Cookie Bars on Pinterest and other sites a few times and wanted to give them a low carb, gluten-free makeover. These were really a simple variation on my Low Carb Cut-Out Sugar Cookies. I had to double the recipe to make enough dough to press into an 8×8 pan, and I added some baking powder to help them puff up a bit and make them really soft.

They turned out perfectly, just as I thought they would. And I learned a neat little tip for getting a deep rich red for my frosting. Truth is, I messed up and coloured it all green before I remembered I needed some red for stripes. So I decided to see if I could just add a few drops of red to some of the green frosting. And for once, instead of a lurid pinky red, I got a beautiful deep red with a hint of maroon. Keep that in mind the next time you’re decorating!

Please check out the Sugar Cookie Bar recipe at In Katrina’s Kitchen.

Serves 20. Each bar has 6.1 g of carbs and 2.6 g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 3.5 g.

Food energy: 244kcal

Polyunsaturated fatty acids: 0.53g
Total fat: 22.44g
Calories from fat: 201
Cholesterol: 50mg
Carbohydrate: 6.01g
Total dietary fiber: 2.55g
Protein: 5.86g

Looking for some delicious Gluten Free Soft Frosted Sugar Cookies? You have to check out this version from What the Fork!

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