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?
Buttery keto shortbread cookies are a perfect snack for the holiday season. Unlike sugar cookies these shortbread cookies are less sweet and a little softer with a buttery flavour. I love this time of year as I enjoy spending time in the kitchen developing new ways to make traditional recipes into low carb recipes.
These low-carb shortbread cookies with almond flour bake very fast. Place the cookie sheet in the center rack of a preheated oven at 350°F (180°C) and bake for 8 to 11 minutes. Baking time depends on the thickness of your cookies.
The truth is that shortbread cookies really are a pretty simple cookie to make. A basic shortbread cookie recipe has four to five ingredients depending on whether or not you add salt. You could also use salted butter to get some salt into the cookie. This success of this cookie rests in the butter and how soft your butter really is.