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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I love to make cut out cookies with the kids. Hopefully we’ll make those next week!
Christmas isn’t Christmas without a skillet cookie!
Love, love, love decorated sugar cookies at christmas time.
ginger molassess
I LOVE all cookies!!!
Chocolate chip are my favorite any time of the year!
I love chocolate crinkles.
Wedding Tea Cakes
Sugar cookies!
christmas time – ginger snaps1
I absolutely love the peanut butter blossoms at Christmas! Can’t wait to try your recipe!
Another fave is Mexican wedding cookies-so delish!
My favorite holiday cookies are Molasses Crinkles
My favorite is sugar cookie.
My favorite holiday cookie is definitely shortbread.
Chocolate cherry rugelach. Would love to see a low-carb version…
Any cookie is a favorite with me . . . I love cookies!!
My favorite holiday cookie is any cookie with cinnamon and /or spice…Love ginger bread, ginger snaps and snickerdoodles 🙂 Merry Christmas to you and yours 🙂
My favorite is sugar cookies.
Hands down, gingersnap cookies are my favorite. Would love to win the giveaway!
sugar cookies!!! im obsessed!