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?
Another option is to use allulose or brands that combine erythritol and monk fruit. Softened butter – like for traditional shortbread, remove the butter from the fridge for 1 hour or so before making the cookie dough. You can use vegan butter if vegan.
I suggest either a 9 x 9 pan (my favorite size) or a 9 x 13. Recipes incorporating this shortbread crust: Cranberry Walnut Crumb Bars, Low Carb Chocolate Lasagna, Coconut Cream Layered Dream, Caramel Pecan Squares, Pecan Turtle Cheesecake Bars
This basic shortbread crust is easy to make and requires only a few minutes to put together. Pressing it firmly into the pan is key to it’s success so I suggest laying a piece of waxed paper over the crust ingredients and using a flat bottomed glass to help the process along.