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Cookie Cut Outs

Maria Emmerich
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 24
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • "HEALTHIFIED" CHRISTMAS COOKIES
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup Natural Sweetener or powdered erythritol and 1/2 tsp stevia glycerite
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp extract orange/lemon/vanilla/almond
  • 1/2 tsp Redmond Real salt
  • 2 cups blanched almond flour
  • FROSTING:
  • 2 cups Natural Sweetener or powdered erythritol and 1 tsp stevia glycerite
  • 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil
  • 2-4 TBS unsweetened almond milk
  • 1 tsp extract orange/lemon/vanilla/almond/strawberry
  • Natural Food Coloring

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
  • In a large bowl, cream the butter and the cream cheese for 1 minute.
  • Add the natural sweetener, baking powder, extract and salt and continue mixing until creamy.
  • Stir in the flour until well combined and chill.
  • Place the chilled dough out onto a greased piece of parchment and top with another piece of greased parchment Roll the dough out to 1 centimeter thick. Uncover the top parchment and use your favorite cookie cutters to cut out cookies.
  • Place cookies on a baking sheet about 1 inch apart and bake for 12-15 minutes.
  • To make the frosting, combine all the ingredients in a medium bowl (start with 2 TBS almond milk and add more to get desired thickness).
  • Add desired extract and color.
  • Place the frosting into Ziploc bags and cut a small corner out.
  • Squirt onto cookies.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Cookies = 159 calories, 10g fat, 2.8g protein, 23.6g carbs, 0.6g fiber (23 effective carbs)
"Healthified" Cookies = 116 calories, 11g fat, 2.2g protein, 2.1g carbs, 1g fiber (85% fat, 8% protein, 7% carbs)