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    Home » Keto Cookies » Keto Milano Cookies

    Published: Jan 28, 2020 by Carolyn

    Keto Milano Cookies

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    Better than Pepperidge Farms and healthier too! These homemade Keto Milano Cookies are buttery and delicious, with a sugar-free dark chocolate filling.

    Title image of homemade keto milano cookies in a pile, and one has a bite taken out of it.

    Successfully making over an old favorite cookie into a keto treat makes me very, very happy. And these homemade mint milanos made me so happy, I may have danced around my kitchen a little bit. Or a lot bit. And my middle child loved them so much, she danced around with me. It was quite a sight!

    Remember those delicious packaged Milano Cookies from the old, high carb days? I certainly do and I can practically taste them. They were a really special treat, and we didn’t get them often.

    And when I was a child, they weren’t available in Canada. So we only got the Milano Cookies when we were on vacation in Florida. My father’s wife loved them so much, she would stash them on the highest shelf in the condo kitchen, and only doll them out a little at a time. We weren’t allowed to get them ourselves, as they were “adult cookies”. Meaning the adults ate most of them and they only shared once in a while!

    With that kind of special, limited access, it’s no wonder I have fond memories. And no wonder I wanted to come up with a healthy keto milano cookie recipe of my own.

    A silver plate of homemade milano cookies on a gauzy teal napkin.

    What are Milano Cookies

    If you aren’t familiar with these lovely treats, let me enlighten you. Made famous by Pepperidge Farms, they are oval shaped sandwich cookies. The cookies are crisp and light, like a butter cookie, and the filling is rich chocolate ganache.

    Back in my day, they only had the regular chocolate version and the mint chocolate version. Now they have all sorts of crazy Milano Cookie, such as banana, key lime, and toasted marshmallow.

    I always loved that hint of mint in the Mint Milanos. And so I decided to make these with a little mint extract. But you can leave that out if you prefer.

    Light keto butter cookies on a cooling rack, to make keto milanos.

    Creating Keto Milano Cookies

    Perfecting this keto cookie recipe took a little experimentation, I must admit. Getting that light, airy cookie just right was of the utmost importance. I consulted a number of conventional Milano cookie recipes, such as this one from Handle The Heat.

    Piping the cookies properly took a little practice. I found that when I tried to keep the whole in my piping bag on the small side, I didn’t get enough dough coming through. But cutting it to 1 inch seemed just about right.

    I did end up with a few blobs of cookie dough that weren’t nice logs, but it was easy to scoop that off of the pan and put it back into the piping bag.

    I also found that the cookies were quite soft at first and needed more crisping up. So I resorted to my old trick of putting them back into the warm oven to keep drying out. Worked like a charm, as always.

    Top down photo of a plate of Keto Milano Cookies on a grey table with a gauzy teal napkin.

    Tips for making Keto Mint Milanos

    Room temperature ingredients: How often do you hear me say how important this is? But in these light, crisp cookies, it’s vitally important, so your butter doesn’t clump up and leave holes in your cookies.

    Powdered Swerve Sweetener is the ideal sweetener for these keto Milano cookies. It’s fine enough to blend into the dough perfectly, but also helps make the cookies crisp. Nothing but a finely powdered erythritol based sweetener will work if you want that crispness.

    Silicone baking mats will protect the bottoms of your cookies better than parchment, and allow you let them crisp up longer in the oven. I have three in various sizes and I use them constantly.

    Let them cool completely. Another keto baking tip I find myself repeating over and over. These are delicate little cookies so you want them to cool fully before attempting to remove them from the pan.

    The chocolate filling is best done in a saucepan, even though it’s such a small amount. I find it’s much less prone to seizing than if you do it in a microwave.

    Peppermint extract comes in both oil based and alcohol based varieties. If you can, get the oil based ones, as they are less likely to make the chocolate seize when you add it. I prefer this one from Frontier.

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    Keto Mint Milano Cookies

    Better than Pepperidge Farms and healthier too! These homemade Keto Milano Cookies are buttery and delicious, with a sugar-free dark chocolate filling.
    5 from 8 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Italian
    Keyword: homemade milano cookies, Mint Milanos
    Prep Time: 30 minutes
    Cook Time: 45 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
    Servings: 24 cookies
    Calories: 184kcal

    Ingredients

    Cookies

    • ½ cup butter softened
    • ½ cup powdered Swerve Sweetener
    • 1 large egg room temperature
    • 1 large egg white room temperature
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 ¼ cup almond flour
    • ¼ teaspoon salt

    Chocolate Mint Filling

    • ¼ cup heavy cream
    • 2 ounces sugar-free dark chocoate chopped
    • 1 tsp mint extract

    Instructions

    Cookies

    • Preheat the oven to 325F and line two baking sheets with silicone mats. You can use parchment instead but keep a close eye on your cookies as the bottoms may brown quickly.
    • In a large bowl, beat the butter with the sweetener until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the egg, egg white, and vanilla until well combined.
    • Add the almond flour and salt and beat until the mixture is uniform, scraping down the sides of the bowl and the beaters as necessary.
    • Cut a 1 inch diameter hole in a piping bag and fill with the dough. Pipe 2 inch long logs onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving at least 2 inches between each cookie.
    • Bake 18 to 25 minutes, until the edges are golden brown, and turn the oven off. Remove and let cool 15 minutes, then return to the still warm oven for another 15 to 20 minutes, keeping your eye on them, to help them crisp up.
    • Let cool completely before filling.

    Chocolate Mint Filling

    • In a small saucepan over medium low heat, bring the cream to just a simmer. Remove from heat and add the chopped chocolate. Let sit 5 minutes to melt.
    • Add the mint extract and whisk until smooth and thick. Spread the bottom of one cookie with about 1 teaspoon of the chocolate filling. Top with another cookie. Place on a cooling rack until firm.
    Nutrition Facts
    Keto Mint Milano Cookies
    Amount Per Serving (2 cookies per serving)
    Calories 184 Calories from Fat 155
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 17.2g26%
    Carbohydrates 4.7g2%
    Fiber 2.2g9%
    Protein 3.7g7%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    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. Florence says

      November 11, 2022 at 8:04 am

      Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe!! Can I replace the almond flour with Sunflower Flour? We have a nut allergy in our family and he would love these!!!
      Florence

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      • Carolyn says

        November 11, 2022 at 9:19 am

        You can… they won’t look like classic Milanos, of course. And you need a little bit of acid to offset the green reaction. Try some lemon juice.

        Reply
    2. Debbie says

      April 06, 2022 at 4:12 pm

      I absolutely love All your recipes
      I haven’t tried anything that I didn’t like
      My one question is about storage
      I never see anything about that after your recipes on Pinterest
      I recently made the mint Milano cookies
      That I love
      And I was wondering if I should of refrigerated them because of the heavy cream added to the chocolate
      Thanks so much for all these amazing recipes
      I look forward to your reply

      Reply
      • Carolyn says

        April 07, 2022 at 8:07 am

        They are fine on the counter for several days (4 or so). In the fridge is best if you think they will be around longer.

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        • Debbie says

          April 10, 2022 at 5:58 pm

          5 stars
          Thank you for answering my question so quickly
          They actually lasted about that too

          Reply
          • Carolyn says

            April 10, 2022 at 7:14 pm

            Well perfect!

            Reply
    3. Grace says

      March 02, 2022 at 3:06 pm

      5 stars
      Good recipe, taste good. There not the prettiest thing ever but taste great for being keto!

      Reply
    4. Mel says

      December 12, 2021 at 11:46 am

      I’m so confused, I followed the recipe, the batter tasted fantastic but after 12 minutes of baking they were burned. You put 18 minutes for bake time, they would have been charcoal. Is the bake time correct or does my oven run to high, I don’t have a thermometer in it

      Reply
      • Carolyn says

        December 12, 2021 at 2:10 pm

        Well, I haven’t had anyone else say that so I am going to guess it’s your oven? Have you ever tried calibrating it?

        Reply
    5. Teresa Lucke says

      October 10, 2020 at 6:30 am

      Is the butter salted or unsalted?

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      • Carolyn says

        October 10, 2020 at 8:31 am

        Unsalted is standard in baking, but it’s not going to matter that much.

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