WebPreheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C). Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Use a hand mixer or stand mixer to beat together the butter, …
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All you need to make low carb shortbread cookies are 5 ingredients: Almond flour – this refers to ultra-fine almond flour, golden-white in color. Don’t use almond meal for keto cookie recipes. The texture of your cookies will be dry and grainy. Want to learn how to choose your keto flours?
You’ll find three main ingredients in most shortbread cookie recipes: butter, sugar, and flour. All three are imperative for structure, texture, and taste. Sometimes there’s vanilla and salt, but there’s no egg and no leavening. I’ve had a lot of problems in the past with shortbread cookies spreading.
Almond flour is the best options for crispy shortbread cookies. Do not use coconut flour as the cookies wouldn't crisp up. For a nut-free option you could try using ground sunflower seeds which typically work just as well as almond flour and can be used in the same ratio as almond flour.
From a texture standpoint, overbaking the cherry almond shortbread cookies strips their tender, soft, slightly crumbly texture. And you’re left with hard cookies– not crumbly– just hard. And f rom an appearance standpoint, overbaking will leave orange brown dark spots on top of the cookies. Not a huge issue, but it replaces the pink!