Honestly some of the best low carb Christmas cookies I have ever made. A classic Italian recipe gets a healthy keto makeover!
It’s the holidays and I come bearing gifts! And pretty awesome gifts they are, if I do say so myself. The first are my new favourite Christmas cookies. Yes, yes, I say this about all my cookies because I fall fast and hard for whatever new creation I’ve just made. But really, these are startlingly good. They look relatively plain and not all that fancy. They don’t have lashings of frosting and there isn’t a speck of chocolate to be seen. Or peanut butter either, for that matter. But they are tender and soft, almost melt in your mouth, with a lovely hint of anise.
They are modelled after a classic Italian-style Christmas cookie. These would be the cookies I used to pass over on the holiday cookie plate in favour of the fancier, more gaudily festive ones. They simply looked too plain to me. But over the years, I’ve come to realize that there is so much to enjoy about the simpler things. This goes for life and for cookies. Simple, well-made cookies are such a pleasure. And let’s face it, the Italians do things right when it comes to the holidays.
I created this cookie recipe for my friends at Swerve Sweetener, so the actual recipe lives over there. But it’s worth the click-through, believe me. And I am making a double batch very soon to giveaway to family and friends.
Please see my Classic Italian Christmas Cookies on Swerve Sweetener
**Please note that there is something wrong with Swerve’s nutritional analysis that we are trying to sort out. My software gives this information: Food energy: 164kcal; Total fat: 14.62g; Carbohydrate: 4.50g; Total dietary fiber: 2.33g; Protein: 3.73g; Erythritol: 15g. NET carbs = 2.17g per serving. Serving size is TWO cookies.
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My favorite cookies are my great Aunts peanut butter cookies. Bring a smile to my face just thinking of them.
Nut butter balls, aka snowball cookies!
Pecan snowballs, but really I love most all Christmas cookies!! 🙂
So hard to say – cream cheese sugar cookies, pistachio cranberry cookies. I need Keto friendly cookies – but havent made any to say if I have a favorite. Looking forward to making the italian christmas cookies but with almond extract
Manuel bread, yum!!
Love Swerve and Love Christmas Cookies…win-win
Sugar cookies
I really like nutballs, mine are like Mexican wedding cookies.
Peanut butter or chocolate
Spritz are my favorite cookies!
Have to stick with the classics. I LOVE sugar cookies. I’m putting these on the list to try! 🙂
I love Russian Tea Cookies, and Snickerdoodles, and fudge, and Cheesecake cookies, and Pecan cookies, and… etc, etc! You get the idea!
Cowboy cookies!
Favorite cookies. Can’t have just one. Spritz, Snickerdoodles or Mexican Wedding cookies.
My all time favorite are pizzelles! Have not found a low carb substitute…
Meringue cookies
My grandmother made killer rum balls.
It’s hard to choose between gingerbread cookies and snicker doodles.
Thanks for posting! I grew up with these, and have missed them for decades!
Can’t wait to give your recipe a try 🙂
I love Italian cookies can’t wait to try these