A diet around christmas time usually ends in disaster! With keto and the right planning this doesn’t have to be the case. What you need to do is think back to christmases past and what types of foods you have encountered that may not be keto friendly. Once you got that list, think about which ones you can live without eating Now I’m sure you are left with a list one one or two non keto friendly things. I personally was left with many, but they are all in the same “family”. Cookies and sweets! In my family we will be having a few holiday get togethers and without a doubt sweets will play a big role. Some will get placed out as pre dinner snacks and make an appearance again at the end of the meal as a sweet way to end it all. I know for me personally seeing my father enjoying a plate full of goodies will have me saying “just one won’t hurt’ and before long that one multiples and the guilt comes in and the whole eating healthy plan gets derailed.
I don’t want it to be that way this year, so I started researching alternatives to some of my favourite Christmas cookies…….Short Bread! I found many different keto friendly recipes on line. All of them were similar but varied slightly when it came to extra ingredients such as nuts, lemon flavour, maple flavour and such. I didn’t want anything fancy. I just wanted that buttery cookie with just a hint of sweet. So I took all the various ideas I read and came up with my own recipe. It was quite simple and easy to make. I’ll post it here if you wish to try.
Chuck’s Keto Shortbread Cookies
2 cups Almond Flour
1/3 Xylitol or Any substitute you wish(may need to vary quantity depending on sweetness)
6 tsp melted butter
1 egg
Instructions
In large bowl mix together all ingredients until the dough is formed. (will be crumbly)
Place on a piece of plastic wrap and form into a tube. Wrap the plastic wrap tightly around the tube and place in the freezer for 30 to 45 minutes
remove from freezer and cut with a knife to about 30 even pieces
Bake @350 for 15 minutes or until golden brown on parchment lined baking sheet
Allow to cool and enjoy!
Nutritional Information
per 1 cookie
Calories: 49kcal
Protein: 0.7g
Carbs: 5g (Fibre 0.2g, Sugar 0.08g)
Fat: 3.6g (saturated 1.69g, unsaturated 0.8g)
Update
I wrote this post before I tasted and would suggest a few changes. Use 1/4 cup sweetener and maybe cut the almond flour to 1 1/2 cups with 1/2 cups of coconut flour. The cookies are great but these tweaks will make them awesome!