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Best Low Carb Make Ahead Holiday Cookies

Best Keto Christmas Cookies! Want to get a jump on your low carb holiday cookies? I’ve got 21 wonderful make-ahead, freezable recipes that won’t blow your healthy grain-free, sugar-free diet. 

Best Low Carb Make Ahead Christmas Cookies

How much of a planner are you when it comes to holiday baking? Are you a pre-Thanksgiving, get all your ducks in a row early kind of baker? Or are you a mid-December, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants cookie maker? Do you rifle through your recipe collections, seeking out the contenders and giving them a test drive well in advance? Or do you bake as you go, when you just happen upon a recipe that appeals to you? It’s funny, because in much of my life, I am not really the planner type. But when it comes to Christmas cookies, I start the process very early. Very early indeed! I am an Early November, maybe even Late October holiday baking planner. I just love holiday treats, I love baking them, love sharing them, love everything about them. It really is the most wonderful time of the year.

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But let’s face it, if you start baking too early, you’re going to run into some issues. Like stale and moldy cookies, which aren’t going to help you spread the holiday cheer. But if you start baking too late, you might run into a time crunch trying to get it all done. What to do, what to do? Well, part of the planning process is deciding what recipes can be made in advance and frozen. Not all cookie recipes fit this bill and they change too much upon freezing and thawing. But others have just the right consistency to be frozen without incident. I’ve gathered 21 of the BEST low carb freezable cookie recipes – all of them will be good for about a month when wrapped up air-tight. So you can get ahead now and have time in December to relax and enjoy the festivities.

And to really celebrate the start of the holiday baking season, I am giving away some Lily’s chocolate prizes. I have recently discovered the holiday flavours at my local Whole Foods. I can’t get enough of either the milk chocolate Gingerbread or the dark chocolate Candy Cane. And to help with your holiday baking, I am throwing in 2 bags of Lily’s Chocolate Chips! (This giveaway is sponsored by yours truly, because it’s the season of giving).

Low Carb Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies

Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies from A Sweet Life (you can freeze the dough OR the cookies!)

Low Carb Chocolate Orange Spritz Cookies

Chocolate Orange Spritz Cookies

Low Carb Butter Cookies

Cranberry Ginger Butter Cookies

Low carb Homemade Biscoff Cookies also known as Speculoos

Homemade Speculoos (Biscoff Cookies)

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Chocolate Pecan Cookies from KetoDiet Blog

Low Carb Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies

Classic Gingerbread Men (best frozen before decorating)

Low Carb Walnut Cardamom Snowballs

Walnut Cardamom Snowballs

Low Carb Peanut Blossoms

Peanut Blossoms (best frozen before adding chocolate center)

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Cut-Out Sugar Cookies from Keto Adapted

Low carb Cranberry Pecan Biscotti Recipe

Cranberry Pecan Biscotti

Low Carb Magic Cookie Bar Recipe

Magic Cookie Bars

Low Carb Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti

Triple Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti from A Sweet Life

Low Carb Pecan Crescent Cookies

Pecan Crescents

Low carb Cranberry Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cranberry Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Basic Coconut Flour Cookies from Low Carb Yum

Low Carb Chocolate Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies

Chocolate Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies

Low Carb Thin Mint Truffle Recipe

Thin Mint Cookie Truffles

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Shortbread Cookies from The Low Carb Diet

Low Carb No Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites

No Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites

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Almond Pecan Shortbread Cookies from The Nourished Caveman

Low Carb Cinnamon Roll Biscotti

Cinnamon Roll Biscotti

Giveaway!

Two winners will receive Lily’s chocolate chips and Lily’s Holiday Chocolate Bars. Open to US & Canadian residents only.

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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. I can’t begin to tell you how much I look forward to your recipes in my email. I was a serious baker 20 years ago before realizing I needed to lower my carbs and minimize grains. Being able to add baked goods back into my life has really enriched not only my diet, but my ability to treat the diabetics in our family and make us all feel less deprived. Baking has always been a creative experience for me and I appreciate being able to express that side of my personality. Can’t wait to try some of these recipes.

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      • I love your recipes and always look forward to trying them out. I was wondering if there is a difference between peanut flour and peanut powder. I think Honeyville sells the powder. Can I use either one? It is easier to find the powder in stores.

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    • I love anything chocolate & peanut butter! Keep em coming.

      This is my favorite blog on the planet….and like others often the high point of my day. Its the first thing I look for when I power up the computer after work. The recipes are outstanding and the photos actually do them justice. You eat first with your eyes as they say.

      Merry Christmas to us….thanks Carolyn.

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  2. I love lily’s products. Your coconut chocolate chip cookies are my favorite!
    Thanks for all of your great recipes.

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  3. Used to make thousands and freeze the baked cookies. Now I have the chance to do so again. Thanks so much for the variety of recipes.

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  5. My favorite cookies to freeze were a choc chip. I’d freeze the dough balls and bake a a few when we needed fresh, warm cookies. Haven’t done that at all since last year. Stupid diabetes.

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  10. I’ve never frozen cookies before but I need to make a ton of cookies for the holidays this year so this will be my first time trying it. I’m hoping to make some chocolate chip cookies, shortbread cookies, ginger cookies, and at least one other type of cookie. I’m still undecided on that last one. The chocolate hazelnut sandwich cookies and cranberry walnut cookies mentioned in this post both sound like delicious options!

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  12. I adore your magic cookie bars and the caramel sauce element is amazing! I make a full recipe of the cookie bars, slice into individual squares for portion control and keep them in the freezer.

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  13. I’m planning to get an early start on Christmas baking this year. Your recipes came at just the right time and I’m anxious to try several of them! Never get tired of a good chocolate chip cookie and I love the idea of freezing the dough balls and making them fresh, as needed!

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  16. I’ve never frozen cookie dough (it never lasts that long)! I’d love to try chocolate chip dough, that’s everyone’s favorite.

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  18. I Love your caramel sauce recipe. I’ve already frozen a few batches. Your recipes are amazing and I just saw a picture of you in long hair. Wow great picture.

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  19. What a great post! I understand what you mean about baking ahead but I love freezable cookies anytime of the year. Great for unexpected guests or unexpected cookie cravings. I am looking forward to lots of holiday baking experimentation this year. Keep the great recipes coming!

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  22. I love your chocolate chip cookie dough bites. They are so easy to whip up when I want a delicious, chocolatey treat that I don’t have to bake. I made them again last night, but they never last long enough in my house to freeze them. 🙂 Perhaps I should try making a bulk batch and freezing some to enjoy later.

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  24. This is my first holiday cooking low carb/gluten free. It’s scary yet exciting. Your blog has helped me so much. Was so excited to see you had holiday cookie recipes!!!

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  25. Peanut butter cookies are my favorite to freeze. Those chocolate pinwheel cookies seem to be calling to me though 🙂

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  28. You have brought some Holiday sunshine into my life. I’ve been a boarder Type 2 Diabetic for a few years and suddenly this summer my sugars went ski high. So know I have to live a low carb life style. With the holidays here I must admit I’ve been feeling a bit down because so many of the treats and such that go along with the Holidays are not in my diet anymore. Except for maybe a bite of something. Then I found this posted on All Day I Dream About Food fb page. I can’t wait to start making some of these. Thank you so much. And enjoy your Holiday Season. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

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    • I know how you feel, Kathy. That was my fear when I first went low carb too…which is what egged me on to create these recipes!

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  31. I modified your cranberry ginger butter cookies into snickerdoodles and I’ve been keeping them in the freezer. I’be been making a peanut butter sandwich cookie with them for breakfast. Yum!

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  32. I just love jam thumbprints with the dough rolled in chopped nuts before filling. I make them up to the point of being jam-ready, then freeze. Now that I’m low-carb, I’m using your raspberry chia jam this year! BTW, from the list above I’ve already made the Cinnamon Roll Biscotti (fantastic!) and the No Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites (a great treat!), and I’m making the Cranberry Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies this weekend–can’t wait!

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  33. My grandma taught me the “freeze your cookies” thing. She used to freeze some of the various cookies people would give our family throughout the holiday season, then whip them out a month or two later as a yummy “surprise” treat. I haven’t made many cookies since I went low-carb, but I can vouch that the salted caramel bars from this site freeze perfectly! P.S. Thanks for the tip on the Lily’s holiday flavors…I have to try them!!!

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  36. I love being able to eat cookies again! I am looking forward to trying these. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.

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  37. Chocolate chip cookies- I freeze the dough and then I can have warm, gooey cookies anytime & can make a couple for me, or a full sheet if I have company. Yummy!

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  38. What an awesome collection! I used to make and give away cookies at Christmas, but I haven’t done it the past few years because I don’t keep traditional baking ingredients around. Too tempting for me. Now I have a collection I can use next year. We just moved and all of my baking tools are still in storage. I’m going to be spending December putting my new house in order, so this year I’m collecting recipes, many from your site, to make next year.

    Thanks for all the hard work you put into making recipes those of us who follow a low carb diet plan can use, knowing they will work the first time we make them.

    Linda

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  41. I used to freeze chocolate chip cookies in a roll – mainly for portion control since if I baked them all at once, I’d eat way too many. I haven’t tried freezing low carb chocolate chip cookies, but some Lily’s Chocolate might get me to do so 🙂

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  42. I have only been low carb since May and have never made cookies or many desserts for that matter! There are so many that look delicious. I am excited to try the thin mint truffles and the sugar cookies 🙂

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  43. Shortbread cookies, they are a family favorite going back years and years, we don’t do the holidays without them, and like to tint them green and cut in christmas tree shapes.

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  45. I don’t really get to freeze cookies here!! There are nine of us in this house and one batch barely gives us all some lol.

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  46. Cranberry Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies are to die for, year-round. Freezing cranberries (as I read on one of your recent recipes) is a new must-do for me so I don’t have to wait for fall to roll around.

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  47. Oh, I love Lime Meltaways – SO good, and actually I like them close to frozen when I eat them. I think it enhances that “cool” feeling you get from meltaway cookies.

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  48. Thank you for bringing baking back into my holidays <3 I would be forever grateful if you could help me figure out a pfeffernusse and a baklava knock-off…

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  51. What a fantastic collection, Carolyn! Thank YOU so much for your hard work and keeping our tummies happy with good, healthy food 🙂

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  55. My favorite recipe is the cranberry chocolate chip cookies. I would love to give my neighbor a bag of Lily’s chocolate chips for a gift as she has just begun a low carb sugar free diet.

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  57. Pre-low carb I loved chocolate crinkle cookies. I’ll obviously be looking for a new low carb favorite. I’m usually a last minute kind of baker, but this post has inspired me to start early, all the recipes look so good!

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  58. The only way I’m going to make it through the holidays is if I have a freezer full of low carb sweets. Thanks so much for the recipes.

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  60. I love all of your recipes! They have made making this lifestyle change not just bearable, but wonderful!!! Thanks for all of the great healthy recipes!

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  61. I love Belgium waffle cookies or gallettes, frozen. They are not low carb, just a cookie that has been in the family for 100’s of years. I am looking forward to making some of these recipes to freeze this year. And lily’s is my fave chocolate ever since beginning trim healthy mama 2 years ago.

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  62. Thanks for the wonderful List Carolyn! They all look yummy!
    My favorite cookie to freeze is the Oatmeal Scotchies. I haven’t had one in the last several years, but used to love to pull one out of the freezer, warm in the microwave and drink with a hot mug of tea! Yum!

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  63. They stopped carrying Lily’s chocolate bars at my grocery store. I’ve never found the chips at all. But it’s ok those shortbread cookies look yummy. I’ll have to try them for turkey day.

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  64. “Legal” dessert. Yum. I’ve made the cinnamon roll biscotti before and they were easy and yummy. I need to try the other biscottis so I can have a sampler plate for everyone.

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  67. We make the Chocolate Orange Spritz Cookies every year without the orange zest or the optional chocolate dip. lol. We just call them Spritz cookies and they are wonderful! Love that we can bake dozens and dozens and freeze then so they last for a while.
    These are the only cookies I have made so far, so I guess they are my favorite.
    Spritz Cookies are a holiday tradition at our house so I was thrilled to find a low carb recipe that tastes every bit as good as the ones I used to make.
    Maybe this year I’ll decorate them with that chocolate dip.

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  68. I’m pretty new to the low carb world, but I love anything with chocolate in it. I’m planning to try some cookies soon. Love all of your recipes. I also look forward to getting an email stating you have made something new. Thanks for all your hard work!

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  71. I’d have to say spritz! I’m new to the low glycemic diet, so I was a little bummed that I would not be able to have my traditional Swedish spritz this year. When I saw your recipe above I may have let out a little whoop! And seriously, I don’t know how I would have made it this far without Lily’s. So, so good!

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  72. I’ve never frozen cookie dough, but I look forward to trying some of these recipies, and I’d love to win some Lilys chocolate!

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  76. I bake mega batches of your cookies and freeze them, usually tripling the recipe. My favourite is the cranberry walnut chocolate chip, hands down! The chocolate hazelnut is really great too, I just have to add cocoa powder to the dough to boost the chocolate.

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  77. I’ve never met a cookie I didn’t like. I’m omexcited to try some of these healthier cookie recipes so that I can enjoy them without the guilt. I have never tried Liky’s chocolate, I hope I win!

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  78. I made the pinwheel cookies last year and they were awesome!! I will have to try one or two of these others this year!

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  80. I haven’t found a favorite since I went GF/LC. But my mother used to make these oatmeal, vanilla, scotchies that were my favorite cookie ever! She would wrap them in foil, then cut off 6 cookies at a time, (2 for each daughter) any time we wanted a quick sweet fix. Well, I figured out how to cut and modify the back so that she couldn’t tell that the dough was missing. That dough was sooooooo good. Mom never figured out that I was eating over half of the dough before she could cook it. She kept these cookies in the fridge all the time. They were so good. I asked her for the recipe, she said she made it up every time she cooked, and can’t give it to me. Annoying.
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  83. Uh yum! Candy cane chocolate bars!! I am drooling looking at all these yummy cookies! And thank you for doing this giveaway. 🙂

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  84. My favourite holiday treat are Scuffles (which I’m pretty sure are a Saskatchewan thing). They aren’t technically a frozen cookie but our family actually likes them best frozen. It comes from years of stealing them out my Mom’s freezer. This is our first Christmas low carb & we’re sad that we won’t be able to have our Scuffles. We were joking the other day that maybe we should send you the original recipe because you seem to come up with the most amazing low carb versions of all of our favourites (like Butter Tarts & Nanaimo Bars!).

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  85. My favourite cookies are any kind that have chocolate chips. For Christmas, we always had Bon Bons, a cookie dough wrapped around a hershey’s kiss, and mom used to make 8 layer Shortbread too.

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  86. The magic cookie bars are to die for!! They’re my mom’s favorite and I’m going to surprise her by making them before I go back to school <3

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  88. You are a life saver….I hate being diabetic, as I am sure most people do….but thanks to you we can have some good foods…..desserts……etc….I give out your web information all the time……love any cookie……:-)

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  89. Hi^_^ I haven’t done freezable cookies, but this is such a great idea! Since I have 3 little ones, preparing some goodies ahead of time would help a lot! I love chocolate chip cookie dough bites! Thank you for these recipes!

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  91. The recipe in this list that I most want to try is the Magic Cookie Bars. I confess, though, they might not make it to the freezer.

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  93. Thanks for this! I am totally inspired! Especially because I still have the taste of a Lilly’s chocolate bar in my mouth. Thanks everyone for your tips on your favourites!

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  95. I like to make and freeze macarons, since I don’t *always* have great luck with them, and making in advance leaves time to cover for failures. : )

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  98. Thank you so much for providing this awesome website full of delicious, healthy recipes! This is a safe haven for me and my family. I love Ranger Cookies, but finding substitutes for both oatmeal and crispy rice cereal is way beyond my capabilities, LOL. I’ll be satisfied if I can whip up a batch of Blondies, probably using coconut flour (due to tree nut allergies) and sugar-free chocolate chips. I think it’s doable. Thanks again for all you do!

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  100. Last year I made the spritz and the cardamon cookies and they were a big hit. Cant wait to start baking! Love to freeze a head and I am starting to stock up on Lily’s but I can always use more

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  102. i have never froze cook dough before but looking at the above recipes inspires me to do so! i think that i just might have to start with the almond pecan shortbread!!

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  103. I used to make like 40 dozen cookies and give as gifts – haven’t baked like that in years

    looking forward to trying some of these –

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  104. The peanut blossoms are a family favorite for eating & freezing but the chocolate biscotti will also get tried this year. Thanks, Carolyn for giving us so many options! Merry Christmas!

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  106. Would love to win although sugar free and gluten free I have never tried this particular chocolate. Thanks so much for offering this great prize.

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  109. Hi Carolyn, Thanks so much for all the effort, time and expense you’ve put into creating these recipes. My dear husband is a fabulous cook and baker. We never used to buy bread at the store, because his homemade is so fabulous. Since I went low-carb a month ago, we’ve been cooking and eating separately. We love to cook together so it has been a strain for us to have separate diets. I’m trying to find great LC/wheat-free recipes we can make together, and I’ve been very impressed by the results I get from your recipes. Even he admits they’re delicious. 🙂 I look forward to trying these!

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  110. I pretty rarely freeze ahead of time, but when I do, I make my dear friend’s Molasses Cookies. They are so. dang. good. I’ve come in second place in a cookie competition with them. I haven’t yet tried to make them low carb (but that’s because I’m not yet good and figuring out an almond flour alternative), but I really would love to. Everyone loves them! Since discovering your blog, though, I have to say our holiday desserts are usually centered around something you’ve created! Your coconut cream pie is a massive favorite, and may be a Christmas dessert this year. Your caramel sauce is a must, and I use it for a LOT of things. Oh, so many things 🙂 Thank you, thank you 🙂

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  111. I have enjoyed the benefits of frozen chocolate chip and sugar cookies. I am excited to try some of these. Cookie dough bites will be first!

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  115. In the past, I have frozen chocolate chip cookies (both batter and prepared cookies). YUM!! My son loves simple cookies so that is the way we roll. 🙂

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  117. win or lose (contest), I’m baking me some cookies this week! Those Pecan Shortbreads are calling my name (with a wee British accent, too!)

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  120. I love your recipes! I’ve made several and they always turn out so awesome. You make eating deliciously low-carb so easy! And I, like you, love all things chocolate!

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  121. Thank YOU Carolyn for all that you do to make the low carb lifestyle delicious!
    My diabetic hubby loves breads and baked goods and thanks to you he can still enjoy them!
    Best wishes for a joyous holiday season to you and yours!

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  124. Will be making some LC cookies so I have something when my DH make or brings home all those ones I should not have. No Whole Foods near me so I hope I win the goodies so I can try them.

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  126. Love your recipes! I use at least one of them most every week. Thank you for all the experimenting that brings us these wonderful recipes.

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  132. LC shortbread coolies freeze nicely, as do your cheesecake cookie bars! I also love your chocolate chip cookie dough balls!

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  133. Unfortunately, my favorite freezable cookies are chocolate rolo cookies.I’ve not found a way to make them grain and soy free yet, so I’ll just have to make copious amounts of cookies from your curated recipes instead.

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  135. Caroline: I am just finishing up my holiday cookie baking and I wanted to take a minute to say thank you for this wonderful set of recipes. Usually I love spending time in the kitchen, but during the holidays it can get hectic and stressful, especially since I have to make absolutely everything from scratch or there’s no holiday baking at all! Making a batch or two of cookies at a time has been so relaxing — plus since these kind tend to go stale quickly, it’s so nice to freeze them and pull out a small assortment as needed. Plus, your recipes are just beautiful — I’m not much of an artist when it comes to baking, but these look so elegant far beyond what I would normally create — thank you so much!

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