Vanilla Almond Christmas Cookies
Christmas cookies are a family favorite for most people! This vanilla almond Christmas cookies is a modified recipe is by my friend Kelcie Yeo. We took out the honey and added keto maple syrup which is a non-sugar natural sweetener that uses monk fruit and the sugar alcohol erythritol.
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Keto Vanilla Almond Christmas Cookies
Prep
Cook
Total
Yield 24 cookies
Ingredients:
- 3 cups blanched almond flour
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 10 tbsp. melted grass-fed butter/ghee/coconut oil
- 2 tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 1 pastured egg
- 1/2 cup Honest Keto Maple syrup
- 15 drops vanilla cream stevia
- 1 tsp. baking soda
Instructions:
Step #1: Mix flours and baking soda together.
Step #2: Whisk egg, melted butter/oil, vanilla extract, almond extract, maple syrup and stevia together.
Step #3: Pour wet ingredients into bowl with dry ingredients. Mix everything together.
Step #4: Let cookie dough sit on counter for 10 minutes.
Step #5: Form into balls and slightly flatten on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Step #6: Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.
Notes
***The nutrition info for this recipe is based on the linked ingredients above**
Courses Dessert
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cookie
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 148 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 13 g | 20% | |
Total Carbohydrates 9 g | 3% | |
Dietary Fiber 6 g | 24% | |
Protein 4 g | 8% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Dr Jockers Comments:
This is an amazing holiday style cookie that is completely grain and sugar free. It uses a non-sugar, natural sweetener in stevia as well as monk fruit and erythritol. Grains contain starchy carbs and are inflammatory to the body and the intestinal system. A healing diet looks to remove the grains and focus on good fats like coconut oil, grass-fed butter in this recipe.
This is an incredible cookie with a very buttery flavor. Getting a high-quality grass-fed butter/ghee makes this recipe that much better. You and the family will absolutely love this!
Hi Dr. Jockers,
Do you ever have concern about the amount of almond flour/meal that a lot of Paleos use because of the high omega 6 content? Also, wouldn’t cooking with it or heating it damage the fat in it?
Hey Jackie,
I don’t recommend consuming much almond flour/meal due to the omega 6 and that many can develop food sensitivities to nuts from too much nut consumption. This isn’t a healthy recipe but it is much better than using grains.
Thank you for the recipe. I tested allergic to coconut several years ago and have not been retested, but would like to know what I can substitute for coconut flour. Additionally, can I substitute olive oil for coconut oil in other recipes. Thanks!
You can substitute almond flour and a better substitute for coconut oil is butter.
You say that this is completely grain free, however I learned from you, and confirmed with the company, that Honest brand uses corn fiber even though the ingredients says vegetable fiber. And, corn is a grain, not a vegetable. So, I don’t get it. I truly appreciate all that you do for our health. Can you help me understand about the grain free terminology containing corn?
Thanks for the recipe; the cookies like very good. What size should the cookie dough balls be and about how many cookies should be the yield for this recipe?
Hey Karen,
This will make about 24 medium sized cookies.
What can you use in place of keto maple syrup. I don’t have any. Thanks.
Exactly what I was wondering!! Could one use regular maple syrup? But I’m thinking that wouldn’t be enough…?
Yes you can use regular maple syrup but that has a lot of sugar, so we use the Lakanto brand keto maple syrup here https://amzn.to/2Ssf6RZ
You can order it or get it from a health food store here it is https://amzn.to/2Ssf6RZ
You could also try using 2 tbsps of stevia and adding in more 3 more eggs
Your comments say the recipe uses monk fruit and erythritol but they are not listed in the ingredients. Am I missing something?
The maple syrup has these sugars in it. But we need to know how to make this Keto maple syrup.🤔🙄
Yes that is what makes the keto maple syrup that you can find here https://amzn.to/2Ssf6RZ