Keto Spritz Cookies

 Christmas 2020 has been different in so many ways. One major change has been that I have been eating Keto. As is normal for the Riddles, we made a bunch of cookies to give as gifts to family and friends. I love to bake, but it was really hard not to be able to enjoy all the delicious things we were creating. So I set out to try some Keto cookie recipes. I am not a huge fan of recipes that require lots of additional expensive powders to make. I found this press cookie recipe: simple ingredients, easy to make, makes a lot, and BEST of all....each cookie is only 1 carb!!!  I like to bake with Swerve, I feel like it tastes more like sugar than other sweeteners. I finished mine off by dipping them in melted sugar free chocolate chips...PERFECTION!

KETO Spritz Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• ¾ cup softened butter
• 1 cup powdered sweetener , or equivalent sweetener
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ½ tsp almond extract
• 1 egg
• 3 ¾ cups almond flour, buy finely ground, blanched
• 1 tsp baking powder

• INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare two baking pans with silicone liners or parchment paper.
  2. In a standing mixer, cream together the butter, sweetener, egg, and vanilla and almond extracts.
  3. Add in the almond flour and baking powder and mix it all together to form a dough.
  4. Spoon the dough mixture into the cookie press and press out the cookies, at least an inch apart.
  5. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until the edges begin to turn brown.
  6. After 15 minutes you can move the cookies to a cooling rack. Let the cookies cool completely before serving.