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 all cookies! I don´t discriminate 🙂
I love classic chocolate chip, m&m, or oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! My family usually gets the variety cookies in the tin at the grocery store around the holidays I always loved those, especially the chocolate/vanilla swirl ones with the pink outside!
My favorite is a classic chocolate chip cookie, all the way!
I’m a fan of pretty much any kind of cookie! But I did make some snickerdoodles with Swerve just this weekend and they were wonderful!
My favorite are Christmas cut out cookies. I just made them using almond flour and swerve, my family loved them!
I love shortbread cookies!
My favorite cookie is thumbprint cookies.
What sprinkles do you you recommend for the Italian cookies? Also, what can I use instead of egg white protien powder in the pepper mint bundht cake?:)
Any sprinkles are fine. There are no sugar-free ones on the market but you only use a little so it adds virtually nothing to the carb count.
Oh and you can use whey protein powder.
Snickerdoodles are my favorite!
What an amazing give away!
MY favorite are just good ole chocolate chip cookies ?
I love Christmas cookies, sugar and praline.
Thanks for this chance to your give away
Can’t wait to try this recipe.
I love peanut butter cookies with a Hershey kiss ?
Sugar cookies
I love Orange Icebox Cookies and Gingerbread cookies for the holidays but a really good chewy chocolate chip cookie can’t be beat!
Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies for sure
I love Peanut Butter Blossoms and Russian Tea Cakes. Really most cookies 🙂 Looking forward to trying this low-carb version of Italian Christmas Cookies!
I love cut-out cookies! Swerve is my new BFF!!
Fave holiday cookie – the humble Russian Teacake.