Frosted Cookies and Christmas Scents
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 15
Ingredients
Cookies
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 1 cup sweetener
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 egg
Frosting
  • ½ cup confectioners/powder style sweetener
  • 3 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened
  • ⅓ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1-3 drops fool coloring (optional)
Instructions
Cookies
  1. Using an electric mixer, cream together butter and sweetener. Add eggs, vanilla extract and mix until combined.
  2. With the mixer running on low, slowly add baking powder, salt, and almond flour, beating well after each addition. Cover and chill dough for 1 hour.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 and spray baking sheet with non stick cooking spray.
  4. Scoop heaping tablespoons of dough into balls and place on prepared baking sheet; flatten dough balls to form discs with fingers or by covering with plastic wrap and lightly pressing. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing cookies 2 inches apart.
  5. Bake the cookies for 15-18 minutes or until lightly golden. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer to wire rack.
Frosting
  1. Whisk together all frosting ingredients until smooth. Whisk in additional sweetener as necessary, 1 tablespoon at a tim, until you reach your desired taste.*
  2. Once cookies are completely cool, pipe frosting onto cookies and/or spread using butter knife.
Notes
*Add almond milk or more butter to frosting to reach desired consistency.

Serving size: 1 serving (Total recipe makes 16 servings)
Protein 3.65g, Fat 16.88g, Cals 170, Carbs 3.09g, Fiber 1.50g -- NET CARBS: 1.59g
Recipe by The Low Carb Diet at https://the-lowcarb-diet.com/frosted-cookies-christmas-scents/